THE MONOPOLES The entire vineyard is under control of one estate.

Brücke Vineyard – Owned by Dönnhoff Estates

The Dönnhoff family has called Germany’s Nahe region home for 250 years. Starting in the 1920s by Hermann Dönnhoff, his grandson Helmut took over in 1966, and now with his son Cornelius, has built Dönnhoff into one of Germany’s most respected estates, guided by the belief that great wine begins in the vineyard.

Dönnhoff’s Brücke vineyard is a tiny 1.1-hectare located in Oberhausen. It’s situated directly on the south bank of the Nahe River beside the historic Luitpold Bridge. The river creates a protected microclimate and long growing season, while the grey slate and loess-loam soil preserves the wine’s vibrant acidity and injects a distinct salty, flinty minerality that carries on through to the wine’s finish. While other Dönnhoff holdings (Neiderhauser Hermannshöhle) may get more press attention, this vineyard provides an extraordinary expression of one of the Nahe’s smallest protected vineyard sites.

Clos de la Coulée de Serrant –
Owned by Famille Joly

Famille Joly is widely known as one of the greatest biodynamic wine producers in France. The estate is owned by the Joly family, led by Nicolas Joly, and aims to express the natural balance and beauty of the Loire Valley Chenin Blanc vineyards with respect and minimal intervention.

Clos de la Coulée de Serrant is its own AOC within the Savennières region of the Loire. Entirely owned by the Joly family, the site has continuously produced wine for a consecutive 892 vintages, since the Cistercian monks first planted it in 1130. The vineyard is comprised of 7 hectares of Chenin Blanc aging 55-60 years and grown on steep slopes with southern exposure. Unlike the rest of the Loire, Savennières has special soil composed slate-like schist. Clos de la Coulée soil also contains quartz. Powerful, complex, and ageable, it’s considered one of the most profound expressions of Chenin Blanc.

The Parcel One vineyard is divided into individual parcels among several growers, each owning individual plots.

Villero – Castiglione Falletto

Italy’s Piedmont in the northwestern corner of the country is home to Barolo, and within, some of the world’s most acclaimed growing sites. Villero is one of the historic and highly regarded vineyards of Barolo, located in the commune of Castiglione Falletto. The site covers roughly 15 hectares overall, with predominantly south to southwest exposures and elevations roughly between 225–360 meters. The soils are based on Sant’Agata Fossili marls, with significant clay, limestone, silt and some sand. The relatively clay-rich, compact soils retain water well—an advantage in hot, dry vintages. The Villero style is generally associated with Barolo that combines power and structure with elegance. It’s heavier clay-rich soils tend to give wines that are rounder, broader and juicier, with darker fruit and substantial but polished tannins.

 
Poderi e Canti Oddero is a historic, seven-generation Barolo estate with unusually broad holdings across some of the Langhe's greatest vineyards, producing traditionally styled wines in relatively small quantities. Among the prestigious vineyards in Barolo, Oddero holds just under two acres in Villero.

Brovia is a historic, family-run Barolo estate founded in 1863. After interruptions caused by phylloxera, economic hardship and the two World Wars, full-scale production resumed in 1953 under Giacinto and Raffaele Brovia; today, the fourth generation continues the estate. Among other holdings in the region, they hold just over three and a half acres in Villero.