Ticino

Tenuta Casa Cima, our Garden

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End of Season Message

We have finished the 2022 season and thank you for your loyalty. From spring 2023 we will be back with some news for you. High energy prices and the threat of electricity shortages are currently on everyone’s mind, including ours. The energy consumption of the cable car is enormous, especially during the high season when guests go up and down several times a day. There will have to be a change from 2023. We will share the information on our homepage in due course.

We apologise for the technical and natural inconveniences this year. Nature always plays a big role in Ticino, especially the rain. All the best and stay healthy.

Your Tenuta Casa Cima Team

Casa Graa, Superior, Tenuta Casa Cima

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Update House rules

Dear guests

As of 1 June 2022 we had to adapt our house rules.

Intermediate cleaning

For a stay of 14 days or more we charge an intermediate cleaning, which takes place on the Saturday after the first week. The house is cleaned and the bed linen changed.


Barbecue/BBQ

There is a separate barbecue for each house. During your stay, our guests are responsible for cleaning the barbecue themselves.

For the first day we provide charcoal and kindling (lighting aid). For the rest of the time we ask you to provide the barbecue material yourself, thank you.


Laundry service

We charge CHF 20 per wash day. This includes: Water, electricity, detergent and infrastructure. Our staff will wash/dry the laundry for you and fold the clothes. Not included in the price is the tip on site. Please book the laundry day online. You will receive the link with your booking confirmation.

You can find our house rules with all information here.

azienda Mondò, Sementina

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azienda Mondò

azienda Mondò is one of our tenants who leases our vineyards.

The Mondò vineyard today

High above the hills of Sementina between Bellinzona and Locarno, Giorgio Rossi, together with his brother Andrea, cultivates about 7 hectares of vines on 30 plots. The various grape varieties such as Merlot, the autochthonous vine Bondola and other varieties are refined into first-class Ticino quality wines and enjoy a whole series of awards and a loyal clientele.

Giorgio Rossi’s Mondò winery is a family business with its own vineyards and vines, which has grown steadily over the years through the cultivation of traditions and a passion for the vines and wine. Special attention is paid to careful cultivation in order to conserve resources and protect nature. The love for nature and a cultivation adapted to the challenging terrain and the plants are the best prerequisites for grapes that are vinified into wines of the highest quality.

History
of our winery

Even before the great age of Merlot in Ticino, Ticino farmers cultivated vines on the higher slopes. At that time, the grapes were still autochthonous varieties, i.e. they came from Ticino, such as the increasingly rare Bondola variety, which is still grown today at the Azienda (German for “winery”) Mondò.

Mario and Nunzia Rossi also grew vines on their small farm high above Sementina, albeit more for their own use. After the grape harvest, the vines were given to the Giubiasco cooperative for pressing. Mario and Nunzia’s three children, Ida, Andrea and Giorgio, left after their education and followed their own professional careers. The youngest son, Giorgio, studied civil engineering and worked in industry after graduating. Read more

Wine List

Biancomerlot
white wine 

Iris, white wine

Crudèll, white wine

Dolce, sweet wine

Rosato di Bondola

Russdalpunt, red wine

Scintilla,  red wine

Ronco dei Ciliegi – Riserva
red wine

Questo, red wine

Mondo, red wine

TI4, red wine

Ronco dei Ciliegi – Riserva

In terms of quality, the Ronco dei Ciliegi is the master of our house. It is the result of real back-breaking work on grandfather’s ronco, the steep, terraced slope – a vast plot of land, typical of Sementina – which is marked by holiday memories from childhood on the Pian de la Scéresa; today our children still romp around on it. The blend of Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon is our wine in every sense, from the Ronco to the Scerésa (the cherry grove), between work and pleasure, just as it combines both in its name.

denomination : Ticino Doc

vintage / format : 2018 / 150cl

grape varieties : Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon (9%)

Dark purple colour. Intense bouquet with aromas of ripe fruit and some floral notes, enriched by light aromas that give it further complexity (spices, coffee, roasted). On the palate it is a full-bodied, dense wine, concentrated with red berries and light toasted notes. Ronco dei ciliegi has established itself as a wine with ageing potential while remaining accessible for medium-term consumption.

Drinking : +3 to +11 years since vintage

With the main course, meat and hunting dishes

azienda Mondò, Sementina
azienda Mondò, Sementina
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Ronco dei Ciliegi, azienda Mondò
Tenuta Casa Cima, Guesthouse, Vineyards

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Tracce di Sassi: Red Wine, Cantine Stucky-Hügin-Ticino

Werner Stucky and Jürg Hügin | Producer of our wine: Tracce di Sassi

In the early eighties, the oenologist Werner Stucky came to Ticino and laid the foundation for Ticino’s quality viticulture. He was fascinated by the wines from Bordeaux and the Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon grapes. His del Portico Riserva 1983 was the first Ticino barrique wine par excellence. He helped almost all the newcomers get started and gave them advice and support. He produces wines that come from the gut and not from the head, that are substantial, strong in  character and very long-lived. 

Tracce di Sassi, Ticino

There are some parallels between the original owner of La Rocca and the current landlord Jürg Hügin: In addition to their successful professional careers, Dr Paul Müller as a dentist, Jürg Hügin as an entrepreneur, both wanted to create an area that was close to nature and down-to-earth. Both then went to the viticulture school in Wädenswil to learn the necessary knowledge. Dr Paul Müller moved to La Rocca with his wife in 1942, Jürg Hügin had his first wine harvest in 2010 in the barrel, and both pressed their wine in the wine cellar blasted out of the rock under the house built out of the rock. Dr Paul Müller produced various types of wine until the 1960s: Merlot, white Chasselat, a sparkling wine façon champenoise and a “Grappa Speciale” (distilled from grapes and various types of fruit).

He received various awards during this time, especially for the Merlot. When Dr. Paul Müller and his wife retired from La Rocca after thirty years for reasons of age, the house was used by the family as a holiday home until it passed to Jürg Hügin in 2007, who revived the wine tradition. Visit Website

The vineyards of Tracce di Sassi, Conte di Luna and Temenos are located in a sunny and southern position on the right bank of the Ticino between Sementina and Cugnasco. The soils are light and sandy. The aim is to find the best possible balance of each vine and production quantity. Between 400 and 600 g of grapes are picked per square metre, and the average age of the vines is 30 years.

Tracce di Sassi

Grape variety: Merlot
Vineyard: Casa Cima, Gudo
Maturation and ageing: 12 months in barrique
Production: approx. 12000 bottles per year

40,00 CHF per bottle gross price

Delivery time 3-5 working days

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Vineyard Casa Cima, view from Casa Bellavista
Vineyard Casa Cima, view from Casa Bellavista
Stucky-Hügin Winery

Cantina della Rocca, Viticulture,
Wine Tasting & Sale

The Soma and Sita vineyards are located above Lago Maggiore in Vairano. Due to the promontory in front, the vineyard receives 8% more sun than in other areas and is sunlit from morning to evening.

Here, too, we emphasise quality over quantity and reduce the yield to a maximum of 1 kg per vine. 

Wine tasting Cantina della Rocca, Ticino
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Stucky-Hügin Winery
Stucky-Hügin Winery
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Via Rocca 37 | CH-6575 Vairano
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Stucky-Hügin Winery
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