AZIENDA AGRICOLA RUNCHET DI DANUSSO ANDREA

After years of experience both at important local wineries and foreign agricultural & wine production centres (Australia, Chile, New Zealand), we realised our dream of producing a range of wines according to our personal interpretation of making wine the old-fashioned way. 

Runchet Winery is the first generation to produce wine – we planted the Barbaresco Meruzzano vines in Treiso and the Pinot Noir and Chardonnay vines for Alta Langa in Serravalle Langhe.

Our philosophy is to make tradition contemporary through the use of modern techniques, knowledge and skills gained through experience.

We are part of FIVI, Federazione Italiana Vignaioli Indipendenti (Italian Federation of Independent Winegrowers), an association that especially protects small winegrowers like us. As they quote on their website, “The Independent Winegrower cultivates his vineyards, vinifies his grapes, bottles his wine and personally oversees the sale of it, under his own responsibility, under his own name and label. Engaged daily in a process that follows the entire production chain, the Winegrower works constantly to preserve, protect, and promote the territory to which they belong.” and we find ourselves very much in this definition. 

The farmstead in which the winery stands, known as Cascina Ronchetti, already existed at the beginning of the 20th century and belonged to the Bongiovanni family, who already traded in their own grapes.

Runchét is Ronchetti in Piedmontese, and we chose this word to represent us and to pay homage to Beatrice’s family.

Runchet Winery produces Barbaresco DOCG Meruzzano, Langhe DOC Nebbiolo, Barbera d'Alba DOC Superiore, Alta Langa DOCG Riserva Achille, Langhe DOC Chardonnay, and Moscato d'Asti DOCG.

The Barbaresco DOCG, aged in 225-litre French oak barriques for 24 months (and 48 months for the Riserva Gregorio), needs no presentation. Red in colour with garnet hues, it goes well with important dishes such as red meats and wild game. Barbera d’Alba and Langhe Nebbiolo round out the DOC wines produced from red grapes and go well with mature cheeses, salami, pasta dishes, and meat dishes. Among the DOC wines made from white grapes are Langhe DOC Chardonnay, pleasantly savoury, velvety and fruity, excellent with fish dishes.

Moscato d’Asti DOCG, a special wine used in Piedmontese culture to accompany desserts at the end of a meal, especially hazelnut cake. Try it as an aperitif to accompany salami, blue cheeses and green anchovies, and it is also ideal with lightly spiced and spicy Asian dishes.

Alta Langa DOCG is a sparkling wine that expresses the tradition of this area of Piedmont and is obtained from the cuvée, the blending of 80% Pinot Noir and 20% Chardonnay. The resulting product, not too deep straw yellow in colour, with a fine, delicate and harmonious flavour, goes well with traditional Piedmontese dishes based on white truffles, fondue, vegetable flan and mixed fried foods. Excellent with fish and perfect as an aperitif. The Chardonnay and Barbera wines are made from grapes harvested from vines over seventy years old, and the labelling of all bottles in the production is carried out through patient manual work.