Cantina Hic et Nunc
(Winery in Monferrato)
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About Winery and Wines
Hic et Nunc, from the Latin «Here and Now». Because «here», in Vignale Monferrato, is where we have decided to start growing vines, not anywhere else. And we have decided to do it «now», immediately putting this extraordinary land at work. For more than a century, the plots of the Mongetto Region which refer to Ca’ Milano, just north of Vignale Monferrato, have been planted with vines. Proof are the centuries-old Barbera vines, which have found a home here since the 1920s, and the fact that they have been surrounded by fields, meadows, groves and pastures for livestock. In the 1960s, activities specializing in wine production started in Mongetto. The vine rows secured the best and most sunny areas. The grapes were not processed individually, but were entrusted to the local social wineries. 2012 marked a new beginning. The Rosolen family has bought 100 hectares of land and begun a gradual work of recovery. First, Ca’ Milano – the farmhouse – has undergone restoration to bring the wine resort Ca’ dell’ebbro to life. Then, the vineyards followed: they have been rehabilitated, reorganized and, when necessary, replanted.
In 2016, the first vintages of Barbera del Monferrato, Piemonte Cortese and two sparkling Brut made with local varieties (barbera and grignolino) were launched on the market. The goal was to quit quantity-driven winemaking to ensure excellence, producing classic wines of Monferrato. While work on the new cellar – a state of the art project hinged on the concept of hospitality immersed in the vineyards – began, they carried on the research work on local varieties, which Hic et Nunc have chosen to process by fully respecting their purity: the Barbera d’Asti, the Dolcetto, the Nebbiolo del Monferrato and, especially, the Grignolino, which marks Vignale as its chosen home