October: news & suggestions for an holiday among the truffle lands

October 2014: Welcome back fall!

October offers us new colours, together with the must an mushroom flavour, but also the flavour of the most precious among the tubers, the truffle. Don't miss the chance to live this atmosphere! Together with the harvest, there are many activities that our land offers in wine and food field.

News from the vineyard and from the cellar.

Set aside the harvest of white and Pinot Noir grapes, we're starting the harvest of other red grapes varieties. We did a cleaning of the vine rows, removing the grape bunches which were late to mature or not matching up with our standard quality; at the same time, a leaves cutting allows the grapes to reach the perfect level of maturity and gives us a fruit which keeps up with our "Riserve". 

We have started in the last couple of days the Grignolino" harvest and then the various CRU of Barbera grapes. We'll monitor the maturity state, hoping that the weather will be clement and that it can repay the efforts we did during this year with its climate difficulties, in order to guarantee the usual quality of Castello's grapes.

Into our cellar, we've just finished the white grapes fermentation, which have been poured where they are refining for the next months. With regard to the Chardonnay of our "CASTELLO Piemonte Chardonnay DOC", which ferments and refines in barriques, we started the "bottonage" procedure, in order to pull out the flavours and the aromas typical of the "sur lies" refinement.

We moved the Pinot Noir to the barrels and it's undergoing the "malolattic" fermentation into wood barrels and we have almost finished the "CASTELVERE Monferrato Chiaretto DOC" fermentation, which will sit on its dregs, improving its aroma an characteristic scents.

Holidays special offer: the magic of fall at the castle.

The fall king, in Monferrato, is certainly truffle. In October there are many fairs dedicated to it; dont't miss the International Truffle Fair in Alba, taking place every Saturday and Sunday starting from the 11th of October and finishing the 16th of November; nearer to our castle, the International Truffle Fair in Moncalvo, taking place on the 19th and the 26th of October. Waiting for the last event dedicated to this exquisite tuber (International Truffle Fair in Murisengo, on the 16th and the 23rd of November), at Castello di Gabiano we don't twiddle out thumbs. We offer our guests the truffle research into the park and the woods of the castle, so that everybody can be a "trifolao" (a truffle hunter) for one day (the activity is availbale on reservation).

After the research you can have a rest into our suites, charming in the fall lights, with their squeaking fireplaces ready to welcome you. As always, we offer our guests a historic cellar tour and a wine tasting.

Wine of the month: Gavius.

This month we decided to give prominence to our "GAVIUS Monferrato Rosso DOC".

Barbera and Pinot noir, coming from vineyards with a great exposure, well drained and rich in rocky portions, which means a wine rich in concentration and refinement.

Bond between the typical freshness of Barbera and the fruit scent of Pinot noir, Gavius has a complex bouquet, with a black fruit main scent and spices and hides as second/third scent.

Serve it at a temparature of 20 - 22°C. It matches with red meat dishes, seasonal dishes typical of the fall with mushrooms and truffles, aged cheeses.

Infos and reservation.

Castello di Gabiano Via San Defendente 2-15020 Gabiano (AL)

+390142945004 accoglienza@castellodigabiano.com