Adriana Galasso and her husband Fausto Emilio Albanesi have been Sommeliers since 1992. In 1999 Adriana's father gave her, as a gift, a 10-hectare (24.71 acres) vineyard he planted himself in 1972. The couple immediately set about managing the vineyard and restructuring the old farmhouse that was in the middle of the vineyard to accommodate a winery. They implemented a program of biological farming, whereby one works in full respect for the environment. They took on the masterful assistance of enologist Giancarlo Soverchia, who helped them to plant some new vines and rig the new winery with only the finest equipment available.
The vineyard yields are kept extremely low and the selection process at harvest time is nothing short of rigorous: the 2000 vintage (their first) was completed after six passes through the vineyard, in order to only harvest the most perfectly ripened grapes. The grapes are then subjected to the sorting table, tended to by four people, two of which are there to overlook and who pick out any berries that look anything less than perfect. During the winemaking process, the production is further limited in the interest of quality. A drawing off of some of the must during maceration occurs to increase the red wine's concentration. The drawn off must is not wasted, but used to make one of the most attractive rosés ever tasted.