Azienda Agricola Villa Era

The vineyard at Villa Era is more than a century old, in fact grapes were grown on the hills around Vigliano as early as the Middle Ages.
The grapes of Villa Era owe their unique character to the soil of the hill on which they are grown – sandy clay, gravel and marl with marine fossils.
The nutritious soil and propitious orientation of the hill itself contribute to the success of the vineyard which previously produced the “Villa Era” Spanna di Vigliano wine (see Catalogo Bolaffi dei Vini del Mondo, ed. Veronelli, 1973). The vineyard was restored in 2006/07. The wine is made with Nebbiolo grapes. For a brief period the wine was named Rondò, after the woods that grow behind the vineyard. Since the harvest of 2011, however, the wine reclaimed its DOC, along with its historic name, Villa Era. The vineyard follows an organic and pesticide-free method of cultivation.