Please
join us for an in store tasting with 2nd
Generation Vigneron Luciano Taliano
from
Montaribaldi
in Piedmont!
"Even
though I prefer to work in a traditional way,
I won't discard a modern technique that can
improve the quality of our wines and protect
our environment."
WHERE:
Renegade Wines
WHEN:
Wednesday April 30, 6-7PM
COST:
$25 goes toward your purchase of any
Montaribaldi Wines
For
Wednesday's tasting, we will feature 6
of their wines, all single vineyard
bottlings.
Roero
Arneis 'Capural'
Langhe Chardonnay 'Stissa'
Barbera 'Consolina'
Langhe Nebbiolo 'Gamberin'
Barbaresco 'Palazzina'
Barolo 'Perno'
The
tasting is $25, all of which goes toward
your purchase of any Montaribaldi
wine. We will also have discounted
pricing for this special event.
Reservations encouraged so we can plan
accordingly, but please come on by if you
can make it last minute. Hope to see
you there!
In
1968 Pino Taliano founded Taliano
Guiseppe. He acquired vineyards throughout
the Piedmont; his desire was to create a
diverse array of holdings that could
highlight the different soils, climatic
conditions and traditional varietals of
the Piedmont - Nebbiolo planted on the
slopes of Barbaresco and Barolo on
calcareous clay, Arneis on the sandy soils
of Roero, Barbera and Moscato in the
warmer more mild climate of Asti, and
Dolcetto outside of Alba.
In
1994, Pino's son Luciano took over the
reigns and changed the name of the family
business to Azienda Agricole Montaribaldi.
The name is an homage to the agricultural
roots of the Taliano family, Azienda
Agricola translates as, "agricultural
business." The name Montaribaldi refers to
the ancient Roman road that linked the
winery to the different vineyards
throughout Piedmont, thus creating a
philosophical and geographical umbrella
that tied Luciano's forward looking
domaine to the rich viticultural history
of the region.
A dedicated proponent of traditional
Piedmontese wine, Luciano works almost
exclusively with indigenous grape
varietals and prefers to avoid using
modern techniques, relying instead on the
history of family domaine and the
teachings of his father to guide his hand.
That said, Luciano's vision avoids dogma,
borrowing freely from the arsenal of both
modernity and antiquity to create the best
wine possible. As Luciano puts it, "even
though I prefer to work in a traditional
way, I won't discard a modern technique
that can improve the quality of our wines
and protect our environment."
Today,
Montaribaldi has 23.5 hectares of
vineyards scattered across the different
terroirs of Piedmont, all linked to the
winery by the Montaribaldi road. Just like
his father before him, Luciano's goal is
to make terroir-driven wines that reflect
the unique qualities of these vineyards.
Luciano works to nurture his vision by
aggressively controlling yields, avoiding
pesticides and herbicides, and planting
cover crops to foster biodiversity.
Replanting only when absolutely necessary,
and then only with local heirloom clones,
the average vine age of the domaine is
nearing fifty years.
The
vision of the domaine reflects the
mantra of "place over process" and the
winemaking is done in such a way as to
bring this to fruition: each parcel is
vinified and bottled as a single cuvée
to highlight the typicity of the terroir
and varietal. Native yeast is used
whenever possible, and sulfur, new oak,
and other additions are kept to a bare
minimum.
