Beni di Batasiolo, owned by the Dogliani family, is one of the largest wine producers in the Langhe. In 1978 the Dogliani brothers bought the historic Kiola winery in La Morra, which had been founded in the 1950s and comprised 7 farms, with vineyards located in the finest Barolo wine-growing areas. With the addition of this major cellar to the family’s own land, the Doglianis became the proprietors of an estate which now takes in nine farms and over a hundred hectares (250 acres) of vineyards, including 60 hectares planted with the most important and celebrated locally-grown variety, the Nebbiolo from which Barolo wine is made. The farms are all located within the prized Barolo wine-growing area: the Batasiolo, Morino, Cerequio and Zonchetta vineyards in La Morra; Boscareto and the historic Corda Della Briccolina vineyard in Serralunga d’Alba; Bricco di Vergne in the commune of Barolo itself; and Tantesi and Bofani in Monforte d’Alba. Deciding to give the property a new name, the Dogliani brothers took their inspiration from the vineyard where the estate headquarters are located. Thus it was that the new winery, set amidst the gentle contours of the Batasiolo vineyard, came to be called “Beni di Batasiolo”. The real essence of “Beni di Batasiolo” cannot be understood without admiring the expanses of its vineyards in the finest and most important wine-growing villages of the Langhe. In the old local dialect the word “beni” means a property or estate, and it is this idea of the unbreakable bond existing between the farmer and his vineyard which is encapsulated in the name “Beni di Batasiolo”. Of the five Dogliani brothers, Fiorenzo is the one who holds the position of Managing Director of Batasiolo s.p.a., the wine cellar which - besides having all its vineyards in the heart of the Langhe, a land known above-all for its great reds - produces all the most celebrated wines grown in this region, including Barolo, Barbaresco, Barbera d’Alba Sovrana and Dolcetto d’Alba