# L'Autin

> Pinerolese, Piemonte, Italy. Winery profile from Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/l-autin).

- **Region:** Pinerolese, Piemonte, Italy
- **Address:** Via Sant'Agostino 40, 12032 Barge (CN)
- **Coordinates:** 44.7459, 7.3274
- **Website:** https://lautin.it
- **Instagram:** @viniautin
- **Tours:** available
- **Tastings:** available
- **Last updated:** 2026-10-30

## About

L'Autin is a family wine estate in Barge, at the foot of Monviso where the provinces of Cuneo and Torino meet in the Pinerolese. It was founded in 2010 by agronomist Mauro Camusso, who had spent years in the family's Luserna stone quarry business with his wife Maura Beltramo. He started out making wine for the family, driven by a wish to bring back the native grapes of the Pinerolese, then took on historic vineyards and planted new ones, including some international varieties.

Today the estate is led by his daughter Elisa Camusso, an environmental engineer and AIS-qualified sommelier who has steered L'Autin towards certified organic farming. Mauro still works alongside her and a team of consulting oenologists.

The nine hectares of vines are spread across Pomaretto, Bibiana, Campiglione Fenile and Barge, between roughly 365 and 1,220 metres. Alluvial and morainic soils to the north near the Pellice stream are used mainly for whites, while the clay and limestone further south give the reds structure. At Pomaretto in Val Germanasca the estate farms heroic dry-stone terraces for its Pinerolese Ramìe, worked entirely by hand. L'Autin was also among the first to replant Bian Ver, a near-extinct Alpine white grape, and has revived the old red Montanera di Perosa.

Its best-known calling card is the Eli range of Metodo Classico sparkling wines, which the estate says was the first traditional-method sparkling wine of the Pinerolese. The bottles age on their lees for at least 36 months (84 months for Eli 84 Mesi) deep inside the former talc mines of Val Germanasca, now an eco-museum, where the temperature holds at about 10°C with high humidity all year.

The range is organised into Classics, Metodo Classico, Rare & Limited (with artist-designed labels), Easy Drinking and a dried-grape sweet wine aged in a vat of Luserna stone. Le Ramìe was named one of the 100 Vini Rivelazione in AIS Vitae 2027.

## Visits & tastings

L'Autin offers two quite different experiences: a cellar visit and tasting at the winery in Barge, at the foot of Monviso, and a guided tour of the Val Germanasca talc mines where its Metodo Classico wines age, finishing with a tasting underground. Cellar visits are for adults (18+) only, with slots at 10:30 and 15:30; tastings end with local food specialities.

**Tastings**
- **Linea Classica** · cellar tour plus 4 wines from the Classics and Easy Drinking range (or 3 still wines plus 1 Eli sparkling), with local products · €25
- **Rare & Limited** · cellar tour plus 4 wines: Le Ramìe, El Merlu de Muntanera, Verbian Quota and Passi di Giò · €30
- **Vini Spumanti** · cellar tour plus 3 sparkling wines: Eli Pas Dosé or Eli Brut, Eli Pas Dosé Rosé, Eli 84 Mesi · €30
- **L'Autin Selection** · cellar tour plus 5 wines: Le Ramìe, El Merlu de Muntanera, Verbian Quota, Eli 84 Mesi, Passi di Giò · €35
- **Mine visit and tasting** · 3-hour guided tour of the Ecomuseo delle Miniere di Talco in Val Germanasca (Galleria Gianna on foot, Galleria Paola by mine train) with a Metodo Classico tasting inside the mine · €35 adults, €25 ages 8 to 17, free under 8
- **Mine visit, tasting and meal** · as above plus lunch or dinner paired with L'Autin wines · €75 adults, €50 ages 8 to 17 (no wine), €15 ages 3 to 7

**Booking**
Book online at lautin.it (cellar visits on chosen days; mine visits on scheduled dates). Gift vouchers are available and valid for 24 months. For the mine, park at car park P1 of the Gianna mine, the first one reached driving up from Pinerolo, and bring warm layers and hiking shoes, as it stays around 10°C.

**Contact**
- Phone: +39 0175 346271
- Events and tastings (Stefania Aragno): +39 333 307 8870
- Email: info@lautin.it
- Address: Via Sant'Agostino 40, 12032 Barge (CN)

## Wines (20)

- [Cupa d'Or](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/l-autin-cupa-d-or.md): Sauvignon Blanc 100%, White. A light, bright Sauvignon Blanc shaped by stony soils and wide day-night temperature swings.
- [El Bertu](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/l-autin-el-bertu.md): Vino Bianco, White. A mountain take on a Tortonese native white, structured, bright and mineral.
- [El Dolfo](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/l-autin-el-dolfo.md): Pinerolese DOC Rosso, Nebbiolo 100%, Red. A restrained, fragrant Nebbiolo from the clay soils of Barge, matured in large casks.
- [El Merlu](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/l-autin-el-merlu.md): Pinerolese DOC Barbera, Barbera 100%, Red. A fresh, fruit-driven Barbera from the clay soils of Barge with a mountain lift.
- [El Merlu de Muntanera](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/l-autin-el-merlu-de-muntanera.md): Pinerolese DOC Rosso, Montanera di Perosa (base) with other native varieties, Red. A revived Alpine red based on the near-lost Montanera di Perosa grape, oak-aged for depth and warmth.
- [Eli 84 Mesi](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/l-autin-eli-84-mesi.md): Sparkling. A long-aged Metodo Classico that spends at least seven years underground, gaining creamy depth and toasty complexity.
- [Eli Brut](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/l-autin-eli-brut.md): Piemonte DOC Spumante, Chardonnay 50%, Pinot Nero 40%, Bian Ver 10%, Sparkling. The most approachable of the mine-aged Eli sparklers, with a light dosage rounding out its Alpine freshness.
- [Eli Pas Dosé](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/l-autin-eli-pas-dose.md): Piemonte DOC Spumante, Chardonnay 50%, Pinot Nero 40%, Bian Ver 10%, Sparkling. The estate's flagship zero-dosage Metodo Classico, the first of its kind in the Pinerolese, aged three years in a mountain talc mine.
- [Eli Pas Dosé Rosé](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/l-autin-eli-pas-dose-rose.md): Piemonte DOC Spumante, Pinot Nero 100%, Sparkling. A zero-dosage Pinot Nero Metodo Classico rosé matured for three years underground in an Alpine talc mine.
- [Finisidum](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/l-autin-finisidum.md): Pinerolese DOC Rosso, Barbera, Nebbiolo, Freisa, Red. A traditional co-fermented field blend from an old Bibiana vineyard on the historic Catholic and Waldensian border.
- [Gemma Vitis](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/l-autin-gemma-vitis.md): Piemonte DOC Bonarda Frizzante, Bonarda 100%, Red. A light, gently fizzy and low-alcohol Bonarda made for everyday tables, served cool.
- [Il Pellengo](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/l-autin-il-pellengo.md): Piemonte DOC Riesling, Riesling Renano 100%, White. A crisp, mineral mountain Riesling from the gravels below Monviso.
- [La Musca Bianca d'Lissart Dry](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/l-autin-la-musca-bianca-d-lissart-dry.md): Pinerolese DOC Malvasia, Malvasia Moscata 100%, White. A still, dry Malvasia Moscata from Barge, showing the grape's direct aromatic side.
- [La Musca Bianca d'Lissart MPF](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/l-autin-la-musca-bianca-d-lissart-mpf.md): Sparkling. A lightly sweet, lightly sparkling aromatic white from Barge, fresher and drier than a typical Moscato.
- [Le Ramìe](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/l-autin-le-ramie.md): Pinerolese Ramìe DOC, Avanà, Avarengo, Chatus, Becuet, Montanera di Perosa, Nebbiolo, Red. A hand-farmed heroic mountain red from the dry-stone terraces of Pomaretto, blending the old native grapes of the Pinerolese Ramìe DOC.
- [Passi di Giò](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/l-autin-passi-di-gio.md): Sweet. A sweet dried-grape wine from a rare local variety, fermented and aged in a Luserna stone vat.
- [Re Nero](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/l-autin-re-nero.md): Piemonte DOC Pinot Nero, Pinot Nero 100%, Red. An elegant Alpine Pinot Nero from the slopes below Monviso, aged in small oak.
- [Rubellus](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/l-autin-rubellus.md): Pinerolese DOC Rosato, Nebbiolo, Barbera, Chatus, Bonarda, Montanera di Perosa, Rosé. A bright, mineral rosato from an old mixed-variety vineyard.
- [Verbian](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/l-autin-verbian.md): Pinerolese DOC Bian Ver, Bian Ver 100%, White. A pure Bian Ver from one of the first growers to revive this near-extinct Alpine white grape.
- [Verbian Quota 950](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/l-autin-verbian-quota-950.md): Bian Ver, White. A one-vintage 2019 selection of the rare Alpine Bian Ver grape, taut, citrusy and mineral.