About Prunotto
Prunotto is a historic winery founded in 1904 and based in Alba, in the Piedmont region of northern Italy. The estate is one of the established producers of Barolo and Barbaresco, drawing fruit from renowned crus including Bussia and Bric Turot. Prunotto has been owned by the Antinori family since 1994 and continues to produce wines from the principal Piedmontese red varieties, Nebbiolo, Barbera, and Dolcetto.
Prices are for take away and shipping. The wine bar serves from its own list.
The winery
About Prunotto
History
The story begins in 1904, when a winemaking cooperative called Ai Vini delle Langhe was founded in the council room of the town hall of Serralunga. A young Alfredo Prunotto was present as a witness. The first harvest followed in 1905, but the First World War and an uncertain economy pushed the cooperative into trouble, and it went into liquidation after 1922. Alfredo Prunotto and his wife Luigina then took it over and gave it their name. The winery became known abroad, exporting Barolo and Barbaresco first to South America and then to the United States.
Alfredo retired in 1956 and sold the company to Beppe Colla, a wine technician and friend,, who was helped by Carlo Filiberti and later by his brother Tino Colla. From 1961 the new owners began to pick out vineyards of excellence and to vinify them separately, which gave Barolo Bussia and Barbera d'Alba Pian Romualdo. A new winery, designed by the architect Ugo della Piana, was built near Alba in 1972. The Antinori family became involved in 1989, handling distribution at first, and took over production in 1994, when the Colla brothers retired.
The land and the vineyards
Prunotto stands in Alba, halfway between Barbaresco and Barolo. Its vineyards cover about 65 hectares in the Langhe and Monferrato, split into small parcels and single vineyards. From 1990 Albiera Antinori, the eldest daughter of Piero Antinori, focused the work on the vineyards: first Bussia in the Barolo area, then Costamiòle at Agliano for Nizza, and land at Calliano for trials with Albarossa and Syrah. Bric Turot is a historic Barbaresco site, and Bricco Colma lies in Monferrato.
The wines
Nebbiolo, Barbera and Dolcetto form the core. The range includes Barolo (Bussia, Cerretta, Mosconi, Serra), Barbaresco (Bric Turot, Secondine), Nizza from the Costamiòle and Bansella vineyards, Barbera d'Alba Pian Romualdo, Dolcetto d'Alba, Langhe Arneis, Moscato d'Asti, Albarossa, a rosé called Granadié and two grappas.
Today
The cellar at Bussia in Monforte d'Alba, in the Barolo area, receives visitors for guided tours, tastings and a shop. Production has been in the hands of the Antinori family since 1994.
- Founded
- 1904 (cooperative), renamed Prunotto after 1922
- Vineyards
- About 65 hectares
- Main grapes
- Nebbiolo, Barbera, Dolcetto, Arneis, Moscato, Albarossa
- Owners
- Antinori family