Fact Sheet

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Location: Dogliani, Cuneo. Piedmont, Italy.

It all began in 1897, when 23-year-old Luigi Einaudi (who was to become Italy’s first President in 1948) purchased the first of the Einaudi estates (poderi) at San Giacomo, near Dogliani, the heart of Dolcetto country. Today, the President’s descendants have chosen to maintain a connection with their extra ordinary heritage while looking to the future, turning the oldest wine property in the Dogliani area into a cutting-edge classic. Today Luigi Einaudi’s great-grandson Matteo Sardagna (son of the late Paola Einaudi) orchestates production with Giorgio Ruffo, technical director Lorenzo Raimondi, and winemaker Beppe Caviola, proven over the years to be a winning team.

They assembled some of the region’s finest vineyard sites under the Einaudi umbrella. Today, the total surface of the property, which is made up of twelve farmsteads, is 358 acres, 111 of which are under vine. The vineyards, in turn, are subdivided into seven terroirs. Four of these are in Dogliani (four hills, one of which is the Vigna Tecc cru, another the premier area of San Luigi), while Barolo comprises two crus (Terlo and Cannubi). Terlo is part of the estate’s original nucleus (marly-calcareous soil at 984 feet a.s.l.) and supplies the select, single-vineyard Barolo of Costa Grimaldi as well as Barolo Terlo. The south and southeastern slopes of the celebrated Cannubi hill, at an altitude of 722 feet a.s.l., provide a Barolo of superb breed and longevity.