Most of the vineyards are located on the land of the "Cascina Chignalungo", where the vineyard has been there for centuries, also found on the Napoleonic map. We own other lands in Lessona, historically planted with vineyards (Crarolo, Chioso del Bosco, Berra, etc ..)
The training system is Guyot with about 4800 plants per hectare.
We use horse manure to fertilize and, sulfur plus copper for an "integrated and supervised battle” to avoid the use of pesticides in the management of the vineyards.
The particular orographic conformation of the soils offers natural drainage, avoiding any type of root asphyxia.
Pietro further reduces the production of grapes authorized by the Disciplinary, aiming to productions that do not go beyond 40 quintals per hectare. From June-July he thins out the newly formed clusters thus allowing the plant to concentrate colors, flavors, aromas on the remaining clusters.
The harvest, always belated, generally in October, is carried out with the hand harvesting of the bunches in boxes of maximum 10-12 kg.
In the heart of the Western Alps lies the fossil of a Supervolcano showing its deepest parts.
About 300 million years ago, there was only one continent on Earth, Pangea. Exactly in this period a volcano exploded, erupting an immense amount of material and releasing an energy equal to 250 atomic bombs.
Between 60 and 30 million years ago the same processes that formed the Alps lifted and rotated the part of the earth's crust in which the exploded volcano was, highlighting its power system, up to about 30 km of depth. This is a unique case in the world! It can be seen in an area that includes Valsesia and Valsessera, up to the edge of Lake Maggiore.
Since September 2013 the Supervulcano area, which includes the Alto Piemonte, has been part of the Sesia-Val Grande Geopark, officially recognized by UNESCO.