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La Caplana
La Caplana is a family winery in Bosio, in the highest part of the Gavi DOCG zone in Alessandria province, run by the Guido family since 1994. Siblings Natalino, an oenologist trained in Alba, and Carmen, who handles sales, founded the estate with husband Luca, an agronomist, building on generations of family winegrowing that survived phylloxera by grafting onto American rootstock. A new generation, Alice, a viticulture and oenology graduate, and cellarman Lorenzo, who took over from his grandfather, a Gavi winemaker in the 1950s, now carries the work forward.
The estate makes Gavi DOCG in several styles, including the stricter Gavi del Comune di Gavi and the Villavecchia bottling, alongside Barbera d'Asti, Dolcetto di Ovada, Chardonnay and a Charmat method Spumante Brut. Winemaking favors soft pressing, cold cryomaceration and hand picked fruit, and the cellar recently revived amphora fermentation for an orange style Gavi. Bosio lies by the Ligurian Apennines, near the Capanne di Marcarolo park.
At a glance
- Region
- Gavi, Piemonte, Italy
- Address
- Via Circonvallazione, 4, 15060 Bosio (AL)
- Winemaker
- Natalino Guido and Alice Guido
- Tours
- Available
- Tastings
- Available
- Wines listed
- 10
- Website
- https://www.lacaplana.it/
Visits & tastings
Visits to the cellar and tastings run by appointment only, arranged directly with the family. Bosio sits in the hills of the Gavi DOCG zone, in Alessandria province, close to the Ligurian border.
Contact
- +39 0143 684182
- lacaplana@libero.it
- Via Circonvallazione 4, 15060 Bosio (AL)
Wines from La Caplana
- Anfora: Gavi DOCG, White. A Gavi DOCG vinified in amphora as a skin-contact orange wine, a traditional method the estate recently revived alongside its modern winemaking.
- Barbera d'Asti: Barbera d'Asti DOCG, Barbera, Red. A Barbera d'Asti DOCG from two vineyards over 30 years old with very low yields, macerated about 6 days at 28°C and aged one year, first in large wood casks and then in bottle.
- Chardonnay: Piemonte DOC, Chardonnay 100%, White. A Piemonte DOC Chardonnay from 100% Chardonnay grapes, harvested in early September and fermented in steel at a controlled 18°C.
- Dolcetto d'Ovada: Dolcetto d'Ovada DOC, Dolcetto, Red. A Dolcetto DOC wine, produced entirely in their cellar.
- Gavi: Gavi DOCG, Cortese, White. A Gavi DOCG made from Cortese, soft-pressed and fermented in steel for 10 to 12 days at 18°C, with a straw yellow color and floral, white-fruit aromas.
- Gavi del Comune di Gavi: Gavi del Comune di Gavi DOCG, Cortese 100%, White. A Gavi del Comune di Gavi DOCG made from 100% Cortese, harvested in mid-September and fermented in steel at a controlled 18°C before ageing in steel and bottle.
- Narcis: Dolcetto d'Ovada DOCG, Dolcetto, Red. A Dolcetto d'Ovada DOCG of elegant ruby color, cold-vinified with controlled maceration and aged half in used barriques for about 12 months, then 12 months in bottle.
- Rubis: Barbera d'Asti DOCG, Barbera, Red. A Barbera d'Asti DOCG from a single vineyard over 50 years old with very low yields, macerated about 12 days at 28°C.
- Spumante Brut: Sparkling. A Charmat method Spumante Brut aged at least nine months, golden with a fine perlage, best served between 10 and 12°C.
- Villavecchia: Gavi DOCG, Cortese, White. A Gavi DOCG from vines over thirty years old on clay-rich white soils in the highest hills of Gavi, made using cryomaceration: skins macerate 36 hours at 5°C before fermentation at 18°C.