Rizzi winery
Ernesto Dellapiana was born in Alba, Italy in 1940 through his current stewardship of his family s nineteenth-century estate, Cascina Rizzi, in the Treiso zone of Piedmont. His passion for the land of the Langhe and winemaking drove him to reclaim a historic lost family property named Cascina Boito in 1984, the purchase of the Villa Manzola farm in 1997, and further acres of vineyard land in Treiso, Neive and Neviglie through 2016. Almost directly south of the classic town of Barbaresco lie the classic rolling hills of Treiso, a land steeped in Piedmont history. The Rizzi estate, one of the largest and most interesting in the Barbaresco area, is comprised of 40 total hectares primarily in this famous Trieso zone. From elevations between 200m and 430m, twenty hectares of Nebbiolo produce elegant and sophisticated wines from the vineyard crus Rizzi, Pajor , Nervo, Manzola, Giacone, and Bricco di Neive. An additional 20 hectares of the estate produce Langhe Nebbiolo, Dolceto D Alba, Barbera D Alba and Moscato D Asti from vineyards in the nearby zone of Neviglie. Enrico Dellapiana is the son of Ernesto and, following his older sister Jole, joined the estate after his studies in Viticulture and Oenology from the University of Turin completed in 2004. Enrico strives to make wines that are alive ; clean, pure and not oaky. His creative passions shine through in both his winemaking and artistic sensibilities. As talented a painter as he is a winemaker, Enrico both designs the Barbaresco Rizzi Riserva Boito labels for each vintage and also handprints each individual label for the limited magnum production of this special wine.