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Il Chiosso

Il Chiosso

Il Chiosso was founded in 2007 in Gattinara, when winemaker Marco Arlunno, already producing Ghemme, joined Carlo Cambieri, an engineer who owned and farmed vineyards there. The two now work parcels scattered across Alto Piemonte, on both banks of the Sesia river that divides the Gattinara and Ghemme hills, drawing fruit from long established crus in Gattinara, Ghemme and Fara. Only the area's native varieties are planted: Nebbiolo, Vespolina and Uva Rara. Gattinara is vinified as pure Nebbiolo, while the Ghemme carries a small share of Vespolina to set the two wines further apart. The range spans the lighter Colline Novaresi wines and Ficorosso up to Gattinara DOCG, the single vineyard Galizja bottling, and an oak aged Riserva. Every label carries an astrolabe, the old instrument for reading the sky.

Gattinara and Ghemme, facing each other across the Sesia, are among the oldest Nebbiolo appellations in the northern reaches of Piemonte, well north of the better known Langhe.

At a glance

Region
Alto Piemonte, Piemonte, Italy
Address
Viale Guglielmo Marconi, 45-47-47A, 13045 Gattinara (VC)
Winemaker
Marco Arlunno
Tours
Not listed
Tastings
Available
Wines listed
12
Website
https://www.ilchiosso.it/

Visits & tastings

A visit to Il Chiosso means walking into the cellar in Gattinara with Marco or Carlo and finishing with a tasting of the estate's wines. Everything runs by appointment only.

Tastings

  • Cellar visit and tasting · €20 per person, prepaid by bank transfer

Good to know

  • By appointment only, arranged in advance by contacting the winery
  • Payment made in advance by bank transfer to confirm the booking

Contact

Wines from Il Chiosso

  • Fara: Fara DOC, Red. Grown on a fluvioglacial hill at the foot of Monte Rosa in the municipality of Fara Novarese-Briona.
  • Ficorosa: Colline Novaresi Rosato DOC, Nebbiolo, Rosé. Nebbiolo grapes from Alto Piemonte, picked by hand in the first mists of autumn and brought to the cellar.
  • Ficorosso: Vino Rosso, Red. Sun ripened red grapes are harvested and brought to the cellar; after fermentation the wine undergoes a brief ageing.
  • Galizja: Gattinara DOCG, Nebbiolo 100%, Red. A single vineyard Gattinara from the Galizja cru. The dragon on the label recalls Homer's description of the animal as a good omen for those who drink it.
  • Gattinara: Gattinara DOCG, Nebbiolo 100%, Red. Made in the municipality of Gattinara, on acid soil composed mainly of porphyry of ancient volcanic origin.
  • Gattinara Riserva: Gattinara Riserva DOCG, Nebbiolo 100%, Red. Made from Nebbiolo grapes grown on the steep hills of Gattinara, where mineral-rich soils and long ageing in oak give the wine its complexity and austerity.
  • Ghemme: Ghemme DOCG, Nebbiolo, Vespolina, Red. Grown on a fluvioglacial hill at the foot of Monte Rosa, from vineyards in the Cavenago, Rossini and Carella areas of Ghemme.
  • Nebbiolo: Colline Novaresi Nebbiolo DOC, Nebbiolo, Red. A Nebbiolo from the Fara, Ghemme and Sizzano area, on acid soil of clay, sand and many kinds of minerals.
  • Paglierino: Colline Novaresi Bianco DOC, White. Grown on a fluvioglacial hill at the foot of Monte Rosa in the municipalities of Ghemme and Sizzano.
  • Sizzano: Sizzano DOC, Red. Grown on a fluvioglacial hill in the municipality of Sizzano that runs north to south, a mostly clayey plateau split into two hilly strips.
  • Spanna: Colline Novaresi Spanna DOC, Nebbiolo (locally called Spanna), Red. Made from Nebbiolo grapes, locally called Spanna, grown along the hills of the Novara area.
  • Vespolina: Colline Novaresi Vespolina DOC, Vespolina, Red. A Vespolina from the Fara, Ghemme and Sizzano area, on acid soil of clay, sand and many kinds of minerals.