Quorum
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2024
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Slow-braised beef dishes, roasted game meats, and aged Piedmontese cheeses such as Castelmagno.
✨ Technical Specifications
Prunotto's Quorum is born from a remarkable collaborative project initiated by 'Hastae', an association of historic Piedmontese winemakers dedicated to elevating the Barbera grape to world-class status. Named after the ancient Roman designation for Asti, this unique venture combines the expertise of top estates to craft a definitive Barbera d'Asti Superiore. Grown in the clay-marled soils of Asti, the wine undergoes meticulous selection, fermentation, and aging in French oak barriques. The result is a deeply concentrated red boasting rich notes of blackberry, plum, sweet spices, and toasted oak, supported by Barbera's signature vibrant acidity and a velvety texture.
🍾 About the Producer
Prunotto traces its origins to 1904 when the cooperative Cantina Sociale 'Ai Vini delle Langhe' was established in Serralunga d'Alba, later rescued and rechristened by Alfredo Prunotto in the 1920s. Under legendary winemaker Beppe Colla from 1956, the estate emerged as a pioneer of single-vineyard bottlings in Piedmont, famously producing the benchmark Barolo Bussia beginning with the 1961 vintage. Owned by Tuscany's Marchesi Antinori family since 1994, Prunotto stewards approximately 65 hectares across prime sites in the Langhe and Monferrato. Viticulture leverages the region's classic mosaic of calcareous clay and Tortonian marl, capturing distinctive diurnal shifts and microclimatic nuance. In the cellar, vinification balances traditional large-format cask maturation with refined contemporary precision. Prunotto's expansive portfolio is anchored by celebrated cru bottlings such as Barolo Bussia Vigna Colonnello Riserva, Barbaresco Bric Turot, and Nizza Riserva Costamiòle, complemented by classical regional expressions of Arneis, Barbera d'Alba, and Moscato d'Asti.