Extension: 22 acres

 

Mottosergo

From 430 to 440 m above sea level in Boca village. The area is 14.300 msq (3.2 acres)  and is composed of 8200 plants, in the Guyot system and partly in the terrace system. The grape varieties are: Nebbiolo 85%, Vespolina 15%, Uva rara 1%.

Year of plantation 1999 – 2001.

 

Valvecchi

From 440 to 520 m above sea level in Boca village. The surface is 15.000 msq (3.3 acres) and is composed of 5.200 plants, in the Guyot system, and partly  in the terrace system. Grape varieties: Nebbiolo 63%, Vespolina 25%, Uva rara 2%, Barbera, Syrah e Croatina 10%. Year of plantation 2002 – 2004.

 

Le Piane

From 420 to 460 m above sea level, and consists of the area of “Cerri” and “Meridiana” in Boca village. The total area is 14.000 m and is composed of 7.000 plants, in the Guyot system. The grape varieties are: Nebbiolo 88%, Vepsolina 11%, Uva rara 1%.

Year of plantation: “Meridiana” in 1998 – 1999; “Cerri” in the 1920's and  restored in 2001.

 

Montalbano

From 440 to 470 m above sea level in Boca village. The area consists of more then 10 little vineyards (ca. 1000-2000 m2 each) in the old “Maggiorina” system with a total surface of 1.5 ha (3.3 acres), the highest vineyards are steep and formed by terraces. The grape varieties are : Croatina 70%, Nebbiolo 10%, Vespolina 10% and 10 other local varieties, one part of them even white grapes like Erbaluce and Malvasia di Boca. The grapes are used for the “Maggorina” wine and from the best old vineyards on high hillside we produce the Croatina based “Piane” wine. Year of plantation around 1915. From 2010 on together with the famous ampelographer Anna Schneider from the “Università Agraria di Torino” we are restoring the old vines not to loose the biodiversity of the old clones and varieties. The first plants which were propagated we have planted in 2014 in the new vineyard of “Traversagna” (see the new vineyard in Traversagna).

 

Traversagna

Situated in steep hills going from 450 – 480 m above sea with the vinevards named “Chiò”, “Alta Vecchia”, “Alta Nuova” and “Bassa”, in the comunity of Prato Sesia. The surface is 17.200 msq (4.8 acres), and is composed by 6000 vines in the Guyot system and partly terrassed, varieties Nebbiolo 72,5%, Vespolina 27%, Sirah 0,5%.

Year of plantation  “Chiò” 1973.

Year of plantation “Bassa” sotto la strada nel 2001-02.

Year of plantation “Alta Vecchia” in the 20iest restored in 2004.

Year of plantation “Alta Nuova” 2001 – 2004 the rest.

In 2014 we accomplished the block by planting another vineyard of 8000 msq (1.4 acres) which close the hole between the street of “Traversagna” and the “Alta Nuova” by cutting the trees remaking the old terasses. It’s the first vineyard where we used the plants from our selections of the old vineyards of Maggiorina and consists of 60% Vespolina, 20% Croatina, 8% Nebbiolo e Malvasia di Boca 2%.

Production: 50.000 bottles

 

In the 90s, and together with enologist Alexander Trolf, Christoph Kuenzli visited Boca and its forgotten vineyards and both became enthusiastic about the region and it’s excellent potential. At that time we became acquainted with Antonio Cerri, one of the last winegrowers to produce the typical and outstanding Boca wine. In view of his advanced age, more than 80 years old, Antonio Cerri handed over to us his small vineyard (0.5 hectares), cellar and his old vintages. We seized the opportunity and step-by-step acquired further small plots of forest. Like a jigsaw, the property developed to become a whole. The best areas of Boca – 4 vineyards with about 1.5 hectares (4 acres) each – were cleared

and replanted with Nebbiolo and Vespolina vines. “Le Piane” now has an area of 8 hectares (20 acres) of vineyards, 2 (5 acres) of them with old vines.

 

Sadly, Alexander Trolf was killed in 1998 in a road accident and did not live to see the results of this successful development. His ideas and dreams, however, remain in the “Meridiana” vineyard that he had replanted. The prominent yellow house there has become the company’s logo and thus symbolizes a new beginning. A group of international friends of wine culture is financing the project, which is leaded by Christoph Kuenzli and his team of 5 persons in Boca. They grow the grapes, process them and sell the wines all in the estate.