Winery Virna Borgogno
Piemonte
The village of Barolo lies in the centre of the Langhe, the most prestigious wine-growing area in Piedmont. Though its history dates back to even older times, the village's name first appeared in a document of 1200. It is surrounded by the magnificent, vine-covered hills where the great wine named after it is grown: Barolo.
Lodovico Borgogno's family lives and works here in Barolo, on their "Borgognot" estate. The family have owned vineyards in Barolo since as long ago as 1720, and have always attached particular importance to the work carried out in the vineyards themselves and the selection of only the best grapes.
The passion for these hills has also "contaminated" Lodovico's daughter, Virna, who today works alongside her father in every step of the production, with a sole objective: to constantly uphold and enhance the quality of Barolo and their other wines by highlighting their innermost nuances to reveal the multitude of secrets contained in this unique land.
The village of Barolo is placed in the heart of the Langhe, the most prestigious wine-area in Piedmont. Its origin is very old but its name appeared for the first time in a document dated 1200. Barolo is situated in a valley surrounded by beautiful and harmonious hills covered by vineyards that origin the great wine Barolo. Its between these hills and these vineyards that, around 1720, Borgogno’s family sat the farm called “BORGOGNOT”.
Even in that period the family was already the owner of some vineyards in Barolo. In 1950 Lodovico Borgogno, actual owner, introduced new methods of work looking for top quality results in the vineyards, in the production of wines and in their marketing.
The passion for this land, these hills and vineyards, infected also Virna, Lodovico’s daughter, oenologist, who follows the father in all the different ports of the production with only an easy aim: the growth of the wine “Barolo” and of the other wines of this area, trying to put in result all their characteristics through which you could discover the thousand secrets of our land.
The farm owns approximately 10 hectares of vineyards for the production of the Langa’s typical wines such as: Dolcetto doc Alba, Barbera doc Alba, Nebbiolo doc Alba.
