Our story began in 1963 when an estate of 200 hectares in Risano, in the Friuli Grave D.o.c., belonging to a noble Friulian family, was purchased by the brothers Luigi, Ercole and Fernando. After a drastic restoration of the estate, creating wide vineyards and orchards, in 1967 the new business core made of offices and modern wineries designed by the worldwide famous architect Gino Valle was built. In 1968 the company of Spessa di Capriva in the Collio D.o.c. area, composed of almost 30 hectares of vineyards and a vinification cellar, restored and adequately equipped, were bought. With this purchase the company ensured itself a production range in the most renowed and suited to viticulture areas in Friuli Venezia Giulia and in Italy. In 2004 the companies passed completely under the supervision of Fernando Pighin, his wife Danila and their children Roberto and Raffaela who today continue with great passion and enthusiasm the management of the family business.
The company vinifies exclusively grapes coming from vineyards of property, having in this way the total control of the quality of wines produced from the land to the bottle. The vinification cellars of Risano and Spessa are equipped with the most modern and advanced techniques nowadays available. A lot of space was given to temperature–controlled stainless steel tanks, to pneumatic presses and to cup plunging fermenters for the most appropriate vinification of red wines, before the big evolution given by the fining in barrels and barriques of mixed French and Slavonian oak. Among the lush vineyards of the companys of Risano in Grave the beautiful Venetian villa is located, surrounded by a magnificent old park used as a guesthouse for public relations. Within the seventeenth century villa, the charming historic wine cellar for the aging of red wines is located.
The company policy is strictly aimed at the maximization of the quality of the wines produced in all its assumptions.
