In the winery, traditional methods are combined with advanced oenological techniques that allow each grape variety to express its full potential. The grapes begin their transformation and the wines evolve in vessels of different shapes and materials, including concrete, stainless steel, wood and cocciopesto.
The new winery, completed in 2004, is harmoniously set among one of the estate’s olive groves. Built on two levels, it allows the fermentation vats to be loaded and unloaded using gravity.
The winemaking area uses temperature-controlled stainless-steel tanks with programmable systems for managing pumping-over operations during fermentation.
Alongside winemaking and storage areas, the facility includes temperature-controlled rooms for bottle ageing and the bottling line.
The ageing cellar is located in the historic rooms of the Villa of Usigliano, which have long housed the estate’s oil mill and wine cellar.
Renovated in 2003, these spaces accommodate ageing vessels of different sizes while maintaining ideal temperature and humidity conditions.
From the historic barrel cellar, visitors can enter an atmospheric underground tunnel dug beneath the Villa’s garden, used in medieval times as an escape route during sieges. The barrel cellar and the bottling, labelling, packaging and storage areas can be visited.
A dedicated tasting and direct-sales room completes each tour with the opportunity to discover the wines of Usiglian del Vescovo through a guided sensory experience.
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