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Alberto, from the beautiful vineyards we are now here in your wine cellar, it's fantastic!
Tell us a little about this place?
I don't deserve the compliments as I found it like this, it is my ancestor's wine cellar.
As an architect I have designed many for my clients, friends and collaborators.
I have tried to design my new wine cellar but each time I arrive at the building stage
my heart starts to beat fast and I decide to stay here with some sacrifices.
So I work in these ancient and exciting spaces.
Or better still, I will tell you a little more. I built my architectural studio right above this cellar.
So I am connected by this stairwell and to the wonderful perfumes
which, in certain seasons, invade all the offices and inebriate all of my collaborators.
This is the part of the cellar where we carry out the ageing process of the best wines;
Terre di Sandro, L'Alcide and L'Incanto, they are French sessile oak barriques.
Evidently we are underground and beyond that door the cellar
used to continue in a horseshoe shape for several hundred metres.
In the past, many local farmers used to bring their wooden wine barrels here,
a space was allocated to each of them and today, they remain in an immense row.
Unfortunately, the vault collapsed and we were forced to bock off the access.
Despite this, I found a way to enter the room from the opposite side
and I was able to verify was I am saying, all of the barrels from more than 200 years ago are still there,
as well as an infinity of bats.
It is a magical environment but unfortunately no longer accessible
These are the wines that my grandfather Alcide bottled in particular years,
62' my date of birth, 58' is Andrea's and 1928 is our father's.
Vin Santo secco, this is grandad Alcide's logo.