Castello di Perno

Castello di Perno is in the village of Perno, a hamlet of Monforte d’Alba since 1932, in the Castelletto locality.  Castelletto has been recognized as an important Cru for Barolo and is the third extended Cru after Bussia and Bricco San Pietro.
Built as a defensive castle in the Middle Ages, Castello di Perno became a residential residence between the 17th and 18th centuries.  In the 1970’s, the castle was the summer office of Giulio Einaudi, founder of the famous publishing house that bears his name.  Since 2012, the Castle has been owned by Gregorio Gitti, professor of civil law at the University of Milan, and attorney.  The Gitti family set out to restore the Castello di Perno as a house of cultural association, and to resume the tradition, cultivation, and vinification of its grapes, by producing recognizable wines that express the territory of Monforte d’Alba.
The Barolo philosophy, pursued through the barrels of ten and twenty hectoliters of French and Slavonian oak, translates the maturation of the Langhe DOC Nebbiolo to its maximum expression, while the large fifty hectoliter barrels of Austrian oak Stockinger refine our Barolo DOCG Castelletto and Perno, true protagonists of the territory.  Quality and neo-classical style marry tradition in the continuous research for specific and innovative techniques, with the aim of producing fine and territorial wines, perfectly recognizable and well balanced.