The only indigenous white of the Langhe, Nascetta carries the floral character and mineral backbone of a wine with deep roots. Elvio Cogno's 2016 shows the structure and subtle texture that reward patience, its wooliness recalling aged Chenin Blanc. A singular expression of terroir that doesn't need a crowd to find its audience.
About the Producer
The Cogno family has been making wine for four generations in Piedmont. In 1990, Elvio Cogno left a long and fruitful partnership with the venerable Barolo producer Marcarini in La Morra and bought a splendid, historic 18th-century farmhouse on the top of Bricco Ravera, a hill near Novello in the Langhe area. For the next 20 years, he devoted himself to the winemaking traditions handed down to him by his father and grandfather. Elvio, in turn, has now passed the torch to his daughter, Nadia, and her husband, Valter Fissore, who had worked beside Elvio for 25 years.