Established in the mid 1990s by Paulo Ghislandi, whose parents brough him from Milan to an old abandoned vineyard in the Tortona Hills.
Since 2018, son Riccardo is active in the project and gave us a wonderful overview of their winery and range of wines in 2022.
I Carpini is named after Hornbeam trees “carpini” growing naturally around the property
Both the family home and winery use 100% renewable energy.
With 6ha (unlikely to grow to more than 10), the Ghislandi’s work holistically (biodynamically from the start) with whole vineyard ecosystem and work with the local university to understand how fungus, roots, yeasts, insects all interact.
Grapes are hand harvested and fermented at low temperatures on their natural yeasts, or in some cases on yeasts cultivated from their own strains in the vineyards.
Wines are aged in old oak and new concrete eggs (v1 rounder, v2 oval) and the use of sulphites is limited to small amounts before bottling only.
Look out for the stylish new labels designed during lockdown by a local artist. Each label represents a different element of the vineyard.
