Bongarbo
Il buon garbo della nostra terra
In old Italian, garbo is the right form given to things: the gesture done well, the flavour that convinces, the gentle way of treating whoever stands before you. That is how we grow, process and tell the story of our Nocciola Piemonte IGP - with good grace, from our land in the heart of Piedmont.
We are a family-owned farm rooted in the hills between the Monferrato and the Langa Astigiana, with land spread across the comuni of Calamandrana and Castel Boglione, in the heart of Piedmont's UNESCO-protected landscape. These slopes have been worked on for generations, and the knowledge passed down with them is as much a part of our legacy as the soil itself.
Alongside our Nocciola Piemonte IGP hazelnuts, we tend vineyards that produce Barbera d'Asti DOCG, the two crops sharing the same ground, the same care, and the same hands. Everything we do is guided by the relationship with the land we belong to and our trusted customers who build their own craft on ours.
Our Farm
THE ORIGIN
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Where the Tonda Gentile belongs
The character of our hazelnuts begins in the ground. Our hills are built on calcareous, clay-rich marl -the same soils that make this corner of Piedmont famous for wine - which drains freely on the slopes and feeds the tree slowly and steadily. Set between roughly 200 and 350 metres, our parcels catch a marked swing between warm days and cool nights: a diurnal rhythm that concentrates aroma and keeps the kernel's moisture naturally low.
It is precisely these conditions that the Tonda Gentile Trilobata was made for. The well-drained marl and the cool nights give it its intense, delicate aroma, its clean roasting behaviour, and the long shelf life for which it is prized. We farm all of this with the next generation in mind: working the soil sustainably, protecting its fertility, and leaving these hills healthier than we found them, so that next generations inherit the same living ground we did.