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Poderi Luigi Einaudi

Dogliani · Cuneo (CN)
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Established
1897
Luigi Einaudi
Yearly production
estate (Langhe: Dogliani and Barolo)
Location
Dogliani, province of Cuneo — in the Langhe, the heart of Dolcetto country, with cru vineyards also in Barolo
Cuneo (CN)
Vineyard area
hillside vineyards in Dogliani (Dolcetto) plus the Barolo crus Terlo and Cannubi (Nebbiolo)

Appellations

Dogliani DOCGBarolo DOCG

History

The estate was founded in 1897 when the 23-year-old economist Luigi Einaudi bought the San Giacomo farm at Dogliani, with 16 hectares of vineyard. Einaudi would go on to become the first popularly elected President of the Italian Republic in 1948.

In 1915 he built a cellar to produce and bottle wine himself rather than sell the grapes, establishing Poderi Luigi Einaudi as a working winery in the heart of Dolcetto country.

Four generations on, the estate is run by great-grandson Matteo Sardagna and works around 60 hectares of vines, with Dogliani Dolcetto alongside Barolo from the Terlo and Cannubi crus.

Wines

Illustrative selection
Dogliani
Dogliani DOCG · Dolcetto
The estate's founding wine, from its Dolcetto heartland.
Barolo Cannubi
Barolo DOCG · Nebbiolo
From the celebrated Cannubi cru.
Barolo Terlo
Barolo DOCG · Nebbiolo
From the Terlo cru.
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