La Kiuva

In Arnad, in the lower valley, La Kiuva is a cooperative. Its building dates from 1975; the first grapes arrived in 1979. Today it brings together about fifty growers, most of them part-time.

Picotendro

Here the great grape is nebbiolo, known locally as picotendro. It is the grape behind the Arnad-Montjovet designation. The vineyards, about thirteen hectares, stretch from Hône to Montjovet, often on terraces held up by dry-stone walls. Once trained on pergolas, the vines are now mostly trained on wires.

More than a winery

La Kiuva also has a restaurant and a shop selling local products. Among them is lard d’Arnad, the village’s great speciality.

The wines

• Arnad-Montjovet: a nebbiolo red, with notes of violet and cherry.
• Arnad-Montjovet Supérieur: aged longer in wood.
• Picotendro: a pure nebbiolo, elegant and a little austere.
• Whites: Petite Arvine, Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, Müller-Thurgau.
• Sparkling wines, including “Traverse”, which spends a long time on its lees.

How to find them

La Kiuva
Frazione Pied de Ville, 42
11020 Arnad (AO)
+39 0125 966 351 · kiuva.it

Shop and restaurant open every day.

Main photo: lakiuva.it.

Maps: personal work by Marc Badjou.