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Barone Pizzini was founded in 1870 and it was the first to produce Franciacorta wines using organically farmed grapes. Organic winemaking is the natural culmination of a quest to achieve the greatest expression of terroir. We started the certification process in 2001. It was not only a productive path, but also a cultural one and a vision aimed at research and experimentation, which is still what guides us today: organic as a means, quality as an end. Organic farming, gives rise to high quality grapes, rich in flavor and character, which constitute the raw material from which a great wine is made.
The estate’s 30 vineyards are located in four Municipalities of Franciacorta, Provaglio d’Iseo, Corte Franca, Passirano and Capriolo. They cover a total surface area of 60 hectares. The average elevation of the vines is 200/350 meters a.s.l. and their average age is roughly 15 years. Every plant has its own characteristics thanks to varied exposure, elevation, and soil types. They make each one different from the rest. The subsoils are complex in origin. Some are morainic in nature while others are enriched by glacial river deposits.
The life of this company is a glimpse of the struggle to exist among the hills of Langa, it is the story of Giovanni Lodali, a farmer, son of farmers, who began to make wine for the customers of his restaurant in Treiso, in 1939, the only one in the then small village. After the war Giovanni built a house and a large cellar, these are the years that created roots and hopes for the Lodali family, linked to Treiso. In 1955 his son Lorenzo graduated from the oenology school in Alba. In 1958 Lorenzo, supported by his wife Rita, produced the first crus: Barbaresco and Barolo, business was good and the wines were also sold abroad. In 1982 Lorenzo died. Rita with her newborn Walter, found the courage to continue, determined to carry on the project focusing on quality and typicality. Walter, who graduated in 1998 from the Alba oenological school, a young heir but already involved in wine, brings new life: he takes care of and enhances the terroir of the Bricco Ambrogio and Rocche dei Sette Fratelli vineyards; he renews the cellar equipment, perfects the production and winemaking techniques. In 2005 the Lorens reserves, Lorenzo in Piedmontese, Barolo and Barbaresco, produced with selected grapes from the best years from the Bricco Ambrogio and Rocche dei Sette Fratelli vineyards, leave the cellar.
Giovanni, Lorenzo, Walter: three generations with their hearts and roots in Langa.
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