Franco Martinetti

Torino · Torino (TO)

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Established

1974

Franco Martinetti

Yearly production

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Location

Torino

Torino (TO) · Piemonte

Vineyard area

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Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Appellations

Gavi o Cortese di Gavi DOCGBarbera d'Asti DOCG

History

Franco Martinetti began making wine in 1974, coming to it from a career in advertising and a lifelong passion for food and wine.

He is an unusual figure - a negociant 'evoluto' who owns no vineyards but buys grapes from hand-picked growers farming to his exacting instructions, then controls every stage from pruning and harvest through vinification and ageing to the design of his labels.

Based near Turin, his range spans Monferrato Rosso 'Sul Bric', Barbera d'Asti Superiore 'Montruc', the Gavi 'Minaia' and Tortonese wines like the Timorasso 'Martin' - a grape he helped bring back - always in a spirit of harmony and elegance.

Wines

Illustrative selection

Minaia

Gavi o Cortese di Gavi DOCG · Cortese

His benchmark Gavi

Montruc

Barbera d'Asti DOCG · Barbera

A Barbera d'Asti Superiore

Martin

Colli Tortonesi DOC · Timorasso

From the Timorasso grape he helped revive

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