Chiara Boschis

Chiara Boschis leads Azienda Agricola E. Pira & Figli in Barolo, in the heart of the Langhe. The Pira were an old family of winegrowers, recorded in parish registers as early as the 17th century, who, between the 19th and 20th centuries, also began making wine. Gigi Pira, the last member of the family, was among the last to crush grapes by foot and to produce without any modern equipment.

Since 1980, the continuity of the winery has been ensured by the Boschis family, bound to the Pira by a longstanding friendship and producers of Barolo since the 18th century, now in its ninth generation. After graduating, Chiara devoted herself full-time to wine and, from the late 1980s, became one of the first women Barolo producers, bringing new ideas to the cellar and to the style. Since 2010, her brother Giorgio has worked alongside her.

The estate vinifies only grapes from its own vineyards, about 11 hectares in some of the most renowned sites of the appellation: Cannubi, Liste and Terlo in Barolo; Mosconi, Ravera, Le Coste and Conterni in Monforte d'Alba; Gabutti and Baudana in Serralunga d'Alba. Work in the vineyard is manual and follows organic farming, certified since the 2014 harvest. Production is limited, about 40,000 bottles a year.

In the cellar, the approach strikes a balance between innovation and tradition, to bring elegance to a traditionally structured wine. Cannubi and Mosconi are vinified separately, while Barolo Via Nuova is born, as a tribute to the tradition of blending, from the grapes of six vineyards in Barolo, Monforte and Serralunga. Barolo ages for about two years between barriques and large oak casks and is bottled without filtration. Rounding out the range are Langhe Nebbiolo, Barbera d'Alba and Dolcetto d'Alba.

With Chiara Boschis, the Pira story continues in Barolo, with respect for the vineyards and the traditions of the Langhe.