Like flowers, trees and vines, the Bonfante family has its roots down into the land. They are set in the south of Piedmont and take sap from a long tradition of winemaking. Today Marco and Micaela carry on the family tradition of selecting grapes and producing wines in Barolo, Nizza Monferrato, Gavi and the Roero area.
Bussia Barolo DOCG
TASTING NOTES:
This Cru wine is the result of our selction of the best grapes from our vineyard on the Bussia hill, at the border between Barolo and Monforte d’Alba.
100% Nebbiolo. Clear ruby red colour, scents of violet, “goudron”and truffle. On the palate a fullbodied, classic, structured wine, which will be aged for many years. The noble tannins characteristic of this wine improve after some years of refinement in the bottle.
Albarone DOC
TASTING NOTES:
100% Albarossa Grape
Intense purple-red, hints of red and black fruit with a complexity that, with refinement in the bottle, evolves into exotic spices.
On the palate it is harmoniously pulpy & extremely meaty due to the powerful and concentrated mix of acidity, tannin and alcohol. Long-lasting smooth tannins, persistentance, blackberries and ripe fruit. Perfect with duck, lamb and game and goes marvellously with cheese, especially if ripe.
Barolo DOCG
TASTING NOTES:
100% Nebbiolo of the Michet variety, vineyards facing south to south-west in Barolo. Intense ruby-red colour, delicate, spicy aromas, suggestions of violet and ripe plums. This wine is inviting, and offers a tannic vein sturdy. It’s well harmonised by its structure and has a final touch of liquorice. We would recommend that this wine be served with very tasty food such as: roasts and braised red meats.
La Stella Barbera d’Asti DOCG
TASTING NOTES:
100% Barbera from Nizza Monferrato. Aged in 50% 10 months in Slovenian oak barrels, 50% 10 months in French oak barrels(225 l), followed by bottle refinement. Garnet-red colour, aroma reminiscent of violets and morello cherries. Complete, full-bodied, with a lively and exacting acidity, well-balanced tannins, dry.
“Perste” Roero Arneis DOCG
TASTING NOTES:
100% Arneis from Roero
Pale straw-yellow colour with greenish reflections. Intense aroma with a floral hint of lime, mint and apricot. Elegant, fresh, with good character and acidity.
Roero is a small region on the left bank of the River Tanaro in front of the Barbaresco production zone. This is a well structured white wine that goes well with fish-based dishes, light first courses and horsd’oeuvres.
“Imma Nebbiolo Langhe DOC
TASTING NOTES:
100% Nebbiolo
Ruby red colour of various depths with garnet hues. Subtle, delicate aroma. Scent of raspberry and violets. Dry and full-bodied, slightly tannic when young, getting softer and well-balanced with ageing. One year maturing in Slovenian oak barrels.
We would recommend that this wine be served with tasty food: roasts, succulent first courses, cheeses truffels and meat.
Gavi di Gavi DOCG
TASTING NOTES:
100% Cortese from Gavi in the Cà del Rosso estate. Straw-yellow colour, often with greenish reflections. Delicate and fruity nose(banana). Dry, with a pleasant, acidulous freshness.
This wine, produced on the Cà del Rosso Estate in Monterotondo di Gavi, reveals itself immediately to be a classy white wine. Its fruity aromas and good structure, obtained thanks to the vineyard’s particular soil composition, make this a wine that is highly recommended with fish and light cheeses.
Menego Barbera D’Asti Superiore DOCG
TASTING NOTES:
100% Barbera. The Menego shows in an intense purple-red. It has intense scents of cherry, blueberry and marasca cherries, with a slight wood note due to the ageing in French barriques for 12/15 months. It will develop aromas of coffee and cocoa. On the
palate it is structured, velvety with a slight tannic note. Good acidity balance & body.
Casina Bonfante
TASTING NOTES:
100% Brachetto from the province of Asti. Full cherry red colour, characteristic aromas of brushwood, hints of cured tobacco, withered roses, and honey. It is sweet and fresh on the palate, with a good opening of acidity and just a trace of tannins which gives good personality and body. Serve with any type of fruit sweet, chocolate-based, pies, cakes and fruit cocktail.
Grappa di Barbera
TASTING NOTES:
This precious grappa is obtained, by means of a bain-marie distillation in copper stills, from the highly prized marc that results from the vinification of the well-known Piedmontese red wine. A fundamental aspect for obtaining a delicate, amber-coloured grappa is the long period of refinement in 225 liters barrels: in this way, all its aromatic components merge and blend together to form a distillate whose characteristics are unmistakable.
It’s a tasteful, pronounced & harmonius grappa, with a vanilla and tropical fruit fragrance.
Grappa “Baribbio” Barolo Riserva
TASTING NOTES:
This precious grappa is obtained by means of a bain-marie distillation in copper stills, from the highly prized marc that results from the vinification of the well known Piemontese red wines – Barolo. A fundamental aspect for obtaining a delicate, amber coloured grappa is the long refinement in 225 liters barrels, in this way all it’s aromatic components merge and blend together to form a distillate whose characteristics are unmistakeable. It’s a tasteful, pronounced & harmonious grappa, with a vanilla and tropical fruit fragrance.
Grappa Albarone Riserva 2008
TASTING NOTES:
This precious grappa is obtained, by means of a bain-marie distillation in copper stills, from the highly prized marc that results from the vinification of the well-known Piedmontese red wine. A fundamental aspect for obtaining a delicate, amber-coloured grappa is the long period of refinement in 225 liters barrels: in this way, all its aromatic components merge and blend together to form a distillate whose characteristics are unmistakable.
It’s a tasteful, pronounced & harmonius grappa, with a vanilla and tropical fruit fragrance.