Castello di Neive and its 150 acre estate are owned by the Stupino brothers and sisters – Anna, Giulio, Italo and Pietra. They were all born in Neive, and so were their parents, grandparents and great-grandparents. The history of the company began when their father, Giacomo, started to capitalize on both his experience as a surveyor and on his knowledge of the area, and to purchase, whenever possible, vineyards and land in extremely favourable locations. In the small cellars of their home, they began the first production of wine for domestic consumption and to sell in bulk. Messoirano, Montebertotto, Basarin, Valtorta, I Cortini: the number of vineyards acquired by Giacomo grew and with it also the production and the ambitions of the family. In 1964 they purchased the castle with its spacious cellars, with more farmsteads in Santo Stefano and Marcorino, plus more land from the castle’s previous owner, Count Guido Riccardi Candiani.
This is was a turning point which urged the family to renovate the castle’s cellars, to reorganize the vineyards neglected by the previous owners and to produce wine according to modern methods. When Giacomo died, in 1970, Giulio and Italo oversaw the transition from tenant farming to direct management of the land, with the precious help of Talin Brunettini, skilful cellar man with a knowledge in agronomic techniques. It is at this time that Castello di Neive began to bottle its wines and to introduce them to the rest of Italy and abroad.
In 1978 another rewarding step: thanks to the collaboration between Italo and some experts from the University of Turin – professors Italo Eynard and Annibale Gandini – Castello di Neive started a clonal selection programme of Arneis, a grape long forgotten and abandoned because of its scarce productivity and lack of knowledge in white wine vinification. Arneis wine owes its rediscovery to this joint effort by the company and the University.
The austere elegance of the Santo Stefano vineyard, an outstanding vineyard of the Langhe. Immediately recognisable for its balsamic crispness, to fall in love with it is to remain bewitched
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The ultimate Santo Stefano wine–made only in vintage years. And what else?
The austere elegance of the Santo Stefano vineyard, an outstanding vineyard of the Langhe. Immediately recognisable for its balsamic crispness, to fall in love with it is to remain bewitched OFFER 6 BOTTLES
Grapes from diverse vineyards complement each other, and result in great harmony and allure. A wine that is greatly representative of the entire Barbaresco zone, Neive in particular
A blend of various vineyards for a classic, crisp and pleasing Barbera
Varying vineyards, vinified together for a classic Dolcetto–crisp and pleasing
The elegance of Nebbiolo in its youthful version, minus the wood-ageing. A Langhe Nebbiolo aspired to and planned for from the start
100% Rhine Riesling in soil that is famous for Barbaresco
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