Podere Ai Valloni

Podere ai Valloni was the first winery to be registered as a Boca doc producer. The ancient Cà Finazzi started producing Boca in the 18th century. The Boca doc was born in 1969, but sadly, after only a few years the vines almost disappeared in the whole region. In 1980 Guido and Cristiana Sertorio bought the old winery and started producing Boca doc again. The enologist Luigi Veronelli first discovered our wine in 1987 praising its qualities in the magazine EV, pleased of this unexpected rebirth. Since the beginning Podere ai Valloni was not only a winery, but a ‘garden-vineyard’ cultivated with the maximum respect for the environment. Since 2014 we are an organic winery. Our wine is made only with our own grapes in total traceability. Our yield is only kilograms per hectare, although the possible yield in this area is This is because we make a deliberate strict selection at every step of the cultivation, preferring quality than quantity. For the same reason, we let our Boca Vigna Cristiana mature in oak casks for at least 3 years, and then let it evolve in the bottle for 12 months before we sell it. It’s almost twice longer than the law requires, but we believe that it is crucial to soften the strong tannins of Nebbiolo and Bonarda novarese and harmonize the wine. We now produce, together with our Boca, also two Colline Novaresi: Sass Russ (50% Nebbiolo and 50% Uva Rara)- a younger, fresh wine, the perfect choice for a good antipasto alla piemontese - and a young Nebbiolo, Gratus (85% Nebbiolo grapes and 15% Vespolina). Today, Anna and her husband Andrea give continuity to the founders’ dream of a beautiful vineyard and excellent wines, and the younger generation is already growing up.