Rizzi
Treiso · Cuneo (CN)
Established
1974
Ernesto Dellapiana
Yearly production
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estate (Barbaresco)
Location
Treiso, province of Cuneo — in the Barbaresco zone of the Langhe, on the Rizzi hill
Cuneo (CN)
Vineyard area
44 ha
Nebbiolo for Barbaresco across the Rizzi, Nervo and Pajorè crus of Treiso, plus other Langhe varieties
Appellations
Barbaresco DOCGLanghe DOC
History
Rizzi was set up in 1974 by Ernesto Dellapiana, born in Alba in 1940, who left Turin with his wife Lia in 1973 to farm the family's 18th-century estate on the Rizzi hill at Treiso, in the Barbaresco zone.
The estate expanded steadily — adding the Boito farmhouse in 1984, Manzola in 1997, and three hectares in the Pajorè cru between 2004 and 2018 — growing to 44 hectares and becoming one of the larger, more important estates of Barbaresco.
Ernesto's son Enrico, who finished his oenology studies in 2004, is today the head winemaker, making single-cru Barbaresco from Rizzi, Nervo and Pajorè.
Wines
Illustrative selectionBarbaresco 'Rizzi'
From the estate's home Rizzi cru.
Barbaresco 'Pajorè'
From the historic Pajorè cru in Treiso.
Langhe Nebbiolo
A Langhe Nebbiolo from the estate.
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