Wednesday.

First a visit to Pertinace, a winery, located very close to Alba. An outstanding tour by Fabrizio. One of the best tours we have had; knowledgeable, good English and fin to be with.

Fermentation tanks.

Winery produces 750K bottles a year with grapes from 17 farms. A large co-op.

Spotlessly clean.

Years are not blended but farms are except for three pictures later.

Sugar content tabulation.

Some of their labels.

6500 bottles with of future sales.

Fully automated bottling, corking, sealing.

Really to go, much to the USA.

The three special terroirs.

Prices

Sampling. Very generous and most excellent sampling.

Our tour guide and fine host.

Off to lunch at Ascheri. Lunch at their restaurant.

Salamis,soup, cheese pancetta in paper.

Veal, Ragu, and pasta with many white truffles.

Ascheri tour, after fermentation lable.

The fields have different souls, clay to Sandy, picture later in post.

Started in 1880 seven generations ago they make 240K bottles from 40 hectares.

Notice the silicone plug on the French oak barrels. The plug costs extra. Ah the French.

Most corks are 60 40 Cork and plastic except their fine vintages, 15 years in the bottle.

Storage of the aging stuff.

The wall shows and described the three types of soil conditions in the different terroirs.

Land just sold for one million euro for one half hectare. High end cost and high end wine.

Barolo.

After this to busy tasting vintages and types to take more pics. No longer fully sober.

Barolo Ascheri, 110 euro per bottle

Barolo Pisapola vintage 2013 75 euro

Barolo 2014, from several terroirs including their best 30 euro

Acquired for dinner. Bobby got some black truffles for a pasta dish. Both types today on pasta, just as they should be served.

Two types of pasta and a black truffle.

Black truffle and butter in preparation for the pasta.

Completed.