Slarina is an old Piedmont grape variety which was cultivated mainly in the wine region of Monferrato. In this area it was also known as “Cenerina” which derives from the word cenere (or ash in English), due to the abundance of bloom on each grape which gave the impression of a veil of ash covering the bunches.
Slarina has a very low yield and it was for this reason that in the early 1900s it almost disappeared in favour of varietals with a higher yield such as Barbera.
It was thanks to the work of Anna Schneider and Stefano Raimondi (Research Institute for the Protection of Sustainable Plants, University of Turin), that Slarina was rediscovered and inserted into the National Register in 2007.
In 2013 we had the opportunity of tasting their microvinification of Slarina and we were immediately struck by it’s elegant aromas and tannic base.
The following year, believing in the potential of this forgotten grape, we planted our first Slarina vineyard.
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Cascina Val Liberata
Via Alemanno 9
Villamiroglio (AL) 15020
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