Cogno Elvio
The Elvio Cogno winery is located in Novello, a municipality in the Barolo area that the Cogno family is committed to enhancing through a production closely linked to the Langhe and its wine excellences. Elvio Cogno began to develop the idea of producing wine while working at the Ristorante dell’Angelo in La Morra, intending to carry on the family tradition, which cultivated vines out of passion, transforming it into a commercial activity. In the 1950s, Elvio left the restaurant business and began collaborating with the Marcarini winery to produce high-quality wines, bottling the first Barolo from the historic 1961 vintage. Three years later, the producer was among the first to market a Barolo with the name of the vineyard of origin: Brunate, establishing himself as a pioneer of modern Additional Geographical Mentions. The year 1990 marked a very important transition when Elvio decided to produce completely independently after acquiring the Cascina Nuova in the Ravera locality in Novello. In 1996, the producer handed over the reins of the estate to his son-in-law Valter Fissore and daughter Nadia Cogno, who continued the work of expanding the vineyard area and modernizing the equipment, definitively establishing the winery as one of the most important realities in the entire Novello area.
The Elvio Cogno estate covers 15 hectares of vineyards, managed organically and dedicated to the traditional Langhe varieties Nebbiolo, Barbera, Dolcetto, and Nascetta. Among the agronomic practices adopted are cover cropping with herbaceous plants, organic fertilization from worm humus, and the use of essential oils and microcrystals in place of fertilizers, pesticides, and fungicides. The soils where the grapes grow are located at an altitude of about 380 meters above sea level and are particularly rich in clay and limestone, as well as mineral elements. The winemaking approach is traditional, based on long spontaneous fermentations in stainless steel tanks, slow extractions, and prolonged aging in large Slavonian oak barrels.
The range of labels of the Elvio Cogno winery sees the Barolo as the protagonist, interpreted with the cru Ravera ‘Vigna Elena’, Ravera ‘Bricco di Pernice’, Ravera and ‘Cascina Nuova’. Excellent is also the quality of the rest of the selection, with a special mention for the Barbera d’Alba ‘Pre-Phylloxera’, produced from vines over 100 years old cultivated without grafting.
The Elvio Cogno winery is located in Novello, a municipality in the Barolo area that the Cogno family is committed to enhancing through a production closely linked to the Langhe and its wine excellences. Elvio Cogno began to develop the idea of producing wine while working at the Ristorante dell’Angelo in La Morra, intending to carry on the family tradition, which cultivated vines out of passion, transforming it into a commercial activity. In the 1950s, Elvio left the restaurant business and began collaborating with the Marcarini winery to produce high-quality wines, bottling the first Barolo from the historic 1961 vintage. Three years later, the producer was among the first to market a Barolo with the name of the vineyard of origin: Brunate, establishing himself as a pioneer of modern Additional Geographical Mentions. The year 1990 marked a very important transition when Elvio decided to produce completely independently after acquiring the Cascina Nuova in the Ravera locality in Novello. In 1996, the producer handed over the reins of the estate to his son-in-law Valter Fissore and daughter Nadia Cogno, who continued the work of expanding the vineyard area and modernizing the equipment, definitively establishing the winery as one of the most important realities in the entire Novello area.
The Elvio Cogno estate covers 15 hectares of vineyards, managed organically and dedicated to the traditional Langhe varieties Nebbiolo, Barbera, Dolcetto, and Nascetta. Among the agronomic practices adopted are cover cropping with herbaceous plants, organic fertilization from worm humus, and the use of essential oils and microcrystals in place of fertilizers, pesticides, and fungicides. The soils where the grapes grow are located at an altitude of about 380 meters above sea level and are particularly rich in clay and limestone, as well as mineral elements. The winemaking approach is traditional, based on long spontaneous fermentations in stainless steel tanks, slow extractions, and prolonged aging in large Slavonian oak barrels.
The range of labels of the Elvio Cogno winery sees the Barolo as the protagonist, interpreted with the cru Ravera ‘Vigna Elena’, Ravera ‘Bricco di Pernice’, Ravera and ‘Cascina Nuova’. Excellent is also the quality of the rest of the selection, with a special mention for the Barbera d’Alba ‘Pre-Phylloxera’, produced from vines over 100 years old cultivated without grafting.
