Colombo Gian Luca
The wines of Gian Luca Colombo arise from the desire to bottle the unique characteristics of the grape variety, the territory, and the vintage. His work is not simply about producing wine, but interpreting the vineyards and transferring into the glass what they express, without filters. In addition to the indigenous grape varieties, which tell the story of the land and traditions between Barbera d’Alba, Pelaverga di Verduno, and Barolo, Gian Luca uses another grape variety to speak of Langa: Pinot Nero. For him, this variety represents a “daily bath of humility”: Pinot is elusive, honest, sensitive, and often stronger than those who cultivate it. In Langa, it diminishes every arrogance and rewards with an extraordinary ability to narrate the soil from which it originates.
monotonous. In the cellar, he chooses macerations between 22 and 40 days at controlled temperature, then ages in large Austrian oak barrels and, in some vintages, in terracotta. No forcing, no acceleration.The wines of Gian Luca Colombo arise from the desire to bottle the unique characteristics of the grape variety, the territory, and the vintage. His work is not simply about producing wine, but interpreting the vineyards and transferring into the glass what they express, without filters. In addition to the indigenous grape varieties, which tell the story of the land and traditions between Barbera d’Alba, Pelaverga di Verduno, and Barolo, Gian Luca uses another grape variety to speak of Langa: Pinot Nero. For him, this variety represents a “daily bath of humility”: Pinot is elusive, honest, sensitive, and often stronger than those who cultivate it. In Langa, it diminishes every arrogance and rewards with an extraordinary ability to narrate the soil from which it originates.
The wines of Gian Luca Colombo arise from the desire to bottle the unique characteristics of the grape variety, the territory, and the vintage. His work is not simply about producing wine, but interpreting the vineyards and transferring into the glass what they express, without filters. In addition to the indigenous grape varieties, which tell the story of the land and traditions between Barbera d’Alba, Pelaverga di Verduno, and Barolo, Gian Luca uses another grape variety to speak of Langa: Pinot Nero. For him, this variety represents a “daily bath of humility”: Pinot is elusive, honest, sensitive, and often stronger than those who cultivate it. In Langa, it diminishes every arrogance and rewards with an extraordinary ability to narrate the soil from which it originates.
monotonous. In the cellar, he chooses macerations between 22 and 40 days at controlled temperature, then ages in large Austrian oak barrels and, in some vintages, in terracotta. No forcing, no acceleration.The wines of Gian Luca Colombo arise from the desire to bottle the unique characteristics of the grape variety, the territory, and the vintage. His work is not simply about producing wine, but interpreting the vineyards and transferring into the glass what they express, without filters. In addition to the indigenous grape varieties, which tell the story of the land and traditions between Barbera d’Alba, Pelaverga di Verduno, and Barolo, Gian Luca uses another grape variety to speak of Langa: Pinot Nero. For him, this variety represents a “daily bath of humility”: Pinot is elusive, honest, sensitive, and often stronger than those who cultivate it. In Langa, it diminishes every arrogance and rewards with an extraordinary ability to narrate the soil from which it originates.
