THE VISION
In such a powerful landscape, Vittorio Moretti could only respond according to his deepest nature: as a builder and a visionary.
The name Petra means stone. It is a tribute to the land.
BORN FROM STONE
The same inspiration guided Mario Botta, the Swiss architect and close friend of Vittorio Moretti. Botta began with stone, the material that clads the entire building. The Pietra di Prun, warm and ever-changing in color, creates a dialogue between the geometry of the winery and the nature around it, shifting tone and expression with the light of day.
The architectural gesture is bold, almost monumental. The forms are archetypal: a cylinder and two parallelepipeds, simple geometries used to create majestic volumes. Petra is a powerful example of an underground cellar, much of the winery devolps below ground following the natural slope of the hill and benefiting from ideal conditions of temperature and humidity.
VERTICALITY AND LIGHT
Light enters through the large windows, creating a sense of unity between inside and outside. For the monumentality of its forms, the sense of verticality, and the way light moves through the space, Petra is often described as a “cathedral of wine”: construction and landscape in continuous dialogue, architecture and oenology in perfect balance.