Vineyards in Mosconi Farmhouse, placed in the Municipality of Monforte d’Alba, property of about 4,80 hectares. Walking down from the St. Joseph’s church to Mosconi farmhouse a wonderful vine’s amphitheater appears: high quality nebbiolo for Barolo vineyards for about 1,2 hectares, 3,60 hectares of barbera, pinot noir and Langhe Nebbiolo. Mosconi farmhouse class-a vineyards belong to the Bussia Soprana’s wine heritage. Soil is composed by light grey limy Miocene marls, it’s a loam soil and strongly alkaline. Altitude is 400 meters, exposition south, south-west and south east, vineyards are very steep. Vineyards’ average age is about 60 years, production average about 50/60 quintals per hectares.
| municipality | Monforte d’Alba |
| location | Mosconi |
| altimetry | hilly area 400 meters upon the sea level |
| exposition | south, south-west, south-east |
| soil type | loam – clay and silt |
| grape variety | Nebbiolo |
| surface | 4,8 hectares |
| planting period | from 1955 to 1975 |
| vine breeding | espalier |
| growth system | Guyot |
| soil managing | alternating rows grassing |
| sub-row management | soil tillage |
| planting layout | 2.40 * 0.90 meters |
| harvesting method and period | manually in crates, end of september |