Face wrinkled by the sun, hands scored by labour, with the bright eyes of someone who has lived his life in the open air and still has a lot to teach. Renato Cigliuti is the genuine article. A proper farmer. You’re struck by the exemplary mildness of his character with an ethic and virtue that communicates the message, “To each their own”.

Renato is an indefatigable defender of the art of farming. It is inscribed in his genetic code, and he has always practised it with an ability to express the daily nature and culture of wine in particular. Furthermore, his strong, deep connection to the land on which he was born, Serraboella near Neive, where the sharing of tradition and inner harmony with the terroir is akin to a veritable “profound affinity”.

If you ask Renato the secret of the quality of his wines, his answer is invariably the soil. “This sacred soil and these vineyards, the place of my birth.” 

Renato is a modest soul, not a one for showing off, and if you want to get to know him, you will have to go to Serraboella and track him down in his vineyards.

Renato Cigliuti is a farmer and a true ‘Vignaiolo’, precisely the person you want to meet and know if you are looking for wines that reflect the personality of those who make them, conveying a true sense of place and identity.