Castello di Neive

Brand Description

Castello di Neive and the surrounding 150 acre estate are owned by the Stupino family, siblings Anna, Giulio, Italo, and Piera. The Castello di Neive winery began when Giacomo Stupino, the family patriarch, capitalized on his experience as a surveyor and his knowledge of the area to purchase favorable vineyards and land whenever possible. In the small cellars of their family home, the Stupino’s began their first wine production (including Messoirano, Montebertotto, Basarin, Valtorta, and i Cortini) and, over time, their acquired vineyards grew with the family’s production and ambitions. In 1964 the family purchased the castle with its spacious cellars, along with more land and farmsteads in Santo Stefano and Marcorino. This marked a turning point when the Stupino’s were able to renovate the castle cellars and reorganize their vineyards to produce wine according to modern methods. When Giacomo died in 1970, Giulio and Italo oversaw the transition from tenant farming to direct management of the land, initiating production and export of Castello di Neive wines abroad.

Location of Vineyard

The cellars of Castello di Neive are extremely large, clearly demonstrating the designers’ optimism that the winery’s quality would be easily recognized. Castello di Neive comprises a 150 acre (60 hectares) estate, all in the Neive town council, in the Langhe area of the Piedmont region. Sixty-two acres (25 hectares) of the property are devoted to grape growing and all the production (approximately 12,000 cases a year) is obtained from Castello di Neive’s own vines in the following vineyards: Basarin, Cortini, Gallina, Marcorino, Messoirano-Montebertotto, Santo Stefano and Valtorta.

Winemaking Philosophy

Tradition, research, and creativity make up the philosophy of the Castello di Neive winery. Recently released photographs from the winery’s library show that, as early as 1904, Pinot Nero was being bottled at the castle, and that by 1925 Nebbiolo was recognized as a fine wine grape with varietal labeling. Now, roughly one century later, the Stupino family continues tradition of cultivating and vinifying these noble varieties as well as the often overlooked Barbera and Dolcetto and the local favorite, Grignolino. The Stupinos’ winemaking philosophy is to respect a centuries-old heritage of winemaking while embracing new technologies and research activities—both in the vineyard and in the cellars.

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“The 2020 Barbaresco is a very pretty, classy wine. Crushed flowers, bright red-toned fruit, tobacco, cedar and mint are some of the notes that waft from the glass in this attractive, mid-weight Barbaresco. I would give this a bit of air to help the bouquet come together. It's a lovely wine from Castello di Neive, and absolutely stellar in its peer group.” — acclaim for 2020 Castello di Neive Barbaresco from Vinous, Oct 2023

“The 2018 Barbaresco Riserva Albesani Santo Stefano is a powerful, brooding wine. There's more oak impact here, and that leaves the wine feeling too constricted, like a person wearing a piece of clothing that is one size too small. Dark macerated cherry, spice, leather and tobacco open gradually. The Riserva is not a bad wine, far from it. But there is quite a bit more potential here.” — acclaim for 2018 Castello di Neive Santo Stefano Barbaresco Riserva from Vinous, Oct 2023

“The 2020 Barbaresco Albesani Santo Stefano marries elegance and power, capturing all this site has to offer. Bright acids and beams of tannin lend energy to this mid-weight, super-expressive Barbaresco. Crushed red berry fruit, flowers, spice, incense and blood orange are all finely delineated in a classy Barbaresco that delivers the goods.” — acclaim for 2020 Castello di Neive Santo Stefano Barbaresco from Vinous, Oct 2023

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