Cascina Gilli

1983: year of foundation of Cascina Gilli. It is here that Gianni Vergnano has always pursued a clear idea: valorisation of the native vines which have always belonged to the territory: Freisa, Barbera, Bonarda and Malvasia. It is in particular on Freisa that Gianni has dedicated all his attention, discovering a vine that, contrary to what has always been claimed, has potential both in terms of wine complexity and longevity. Today Cascina Gilli boasts an experience on the Freisa vine that no one in the area has and this is achieved in superior quality labels. The winery is located in a splendid building from the 1700s, with approximately twenty hectares of vineyards, located in the lower Monferrato, between Castelnuovo Don Bosco and Albugnano, in the province of Asti. To obtain results of absolute excellence between the rows, the yields per hectare are kept deliberately low, in order to favor quality over quantity and the grapes, harvested season after season, are increasingly richer, frank and concentrated. The vineyards grow on soils rich in clayey marl and the agronomic management is careful and scrupulous. The same rigorous criteria are also applied in the cellar so, starting from the utmost respect for what is the most ancient tradition of Monferrato, the main objective always remains that of enhancing and valorising everything that the vintage and the territory have been capable of expressing in clusters. A range of wines of a superior quality level is thus offered. From “Luna di Maggio” to “Il Forno”, from “Arvelé” to “Le More”, from “Sebrì” to “Moye”: they are all refined labels, which express the best of the territory and, above all, coherence with the inspiring principles of the cellar.