Gianmarco had his suitcase packed for Sicily. He stayed in Monforte – the 5th generation of a family that arrived here in 1884. Today, it is his son Davide who is learning, in turn, to listen to the vines.

A passionate enthusiast before becoming a winemaker, Paolo Monti converted his passion into a profession in 1995. Thirty years later, a single conviction remains: "luxury is not prestige. It is time."

Silvano Casiraghi bought his first plot in Bussia in 1992 - a meadow, an old stable, nothing else. He never sold anything. He only bought back what he loved even more.

The estate is named after an elder. Today, it is Clemente who works alone in the vineyard. The winter pruning is done with only two of them, between him and Pavarotti in the background. A profession so demanding that he cannot imagine any other.