Castellinaldo d’Alba stands there on the hill, with its castle and houses. The road winds around, reaching up to almost touch the sky on the horizon. Twisting and turning past the houses it arrives at the castle, which belonged once to the Malabailas and today to the Ripa di Meana family, and near the top it encounters a brick house with a classic clay-tiled roof.
Home to the Cravanzola winery, here in the large courtyard the doors open up to reveal the settings where the grapes become wine, and the wine prepares to encounter enthusiasts the world over. This is where the Roero meets the “land in between”, which accompanies the River Tanaro from the heights of the hills on its rapid course towards the sea.
Like the Cravanzola family, the village of Castellinaldo d’Alba has always been associated with the growing of vines and the making of wines, as is borne out by the cluster of grapes that stands out on the municipal coat of arms.
History has left its mark here in the towers, castles, churches and hamlets that draw their origins from a distant past. High and mighty walls such as those of the imposing castle tell silently of days gone by, of work carried out and results achieved.
