Aurelio Settimo
Fraz. Annunziata 30 La Morra CN | T. +39 0173 50803
History
In 1943 Aurelio’s parents settled down in Annunziata, an hamlet of La Morra, in an old farm built at the end of the 19th century. At the end of the 1950s Aurelio’s father started bottling some of the win, with the Settimo Domenico label. In 1962 the Aurelio Settimo label was born. It was Aurelio who increased the dimension of the vineyards and he specialised in the winemaking sector. He built a new house and a wine cellar in the middle of his vineyards, abandoning mixed farming and animal breeding.
People
Since 2007, after the father Aurelio’s death, his daughter takes care of the production and marketing of their wines. Today Tiziana is supported by faithful collaborators and by her children.
Vineyards
Going down from La Morra towards of Alba, keeping the right side, you arrive in Annunziata hamlet. All around Aurelio Settimo winery are the estate vineyards, which were planted in rotation at different times and today the age of the vineyards varies from 18 to 46 years. The Nebbiolo vines – facing the South and South-West, are located in the renowned cru Rocche dell’Annunziata, one of the high-prestige areas, which are considered first class for the production of Barolo wine.
Wines
Settimo family has always kept the same production philosophy, paying great attention to the quality while respecting the tradition. The Aurelio Settimo winery produces only DOC and DOCG red wines, made exclusively from its own grapes, maintaining and respecting a traditional line: for Barolo quite long macerations, ageing in oak barrels with a capacity which varies from 2500 to 3500 litres. For Dolcetto d’Alba and Langhe Nebbiolo wines the macerations are shorter, with frequent pumping over and puncing down. Dolcetto is aged only in steel, while Langhe Nebbiolo is aged in old vitrified cement tanks
Winery tours
Tours and tastings by appointment.
