Alberto Oggero

“It’s better to stay at home and have a party than work a damp soil.”

Alberto´s grandfather always told him that he was hasty.

When Alberto started to make wine, he understood that he was no longer in control of time. Planting new vines means being able to sell their fruit seven years later; that’s nature’s rhythm, and you have to make peace with it if you want to work with it.

‎Alberto soon understood that making wine would be his life’s work, and started to build his own vineyard.

His priority has always been making wine in the most territorial way possibile, recovering old vines and turning the grapes into wine in the cellar that belonged to his grandfather Sandro.

They’re all ready to put their hands in the earth and the must, but also to drink a glass of wine together at the end of the day, in every season.

VINEYARDS

Arneis Parussa

20 years old but likes to wake up early. Eastern exposure, which basks in the sun all morning and part of the afternoon.

Sandro Caudana

25 years old, it faces south and receives sun all day. The array of the terrain is particularly sandy.

Riserva Anime

More than 80 years old, facing south west. It rests in the morning, then enjoys sun from midday until the evening, stayingwarm until late.

Valle dei Lunghi

A wildspread vine wich consists of those forgotten clusters of Arneis hidden among the Nebbiolo.

TERRITORY

“The earth says: ask of me and I shall grant it“

The hills of Roero contain soil from ancient floodplains, limestone and marine sands from the Pliocene era (dating back to 5 million years). This particular composition makes for loose, soft soil which is poor in nutrients but well oxygenated, hosting a rich biodiversity of microbial life.

‎These morganisms, together with the fossil components of their terroir, make for high quality grapes and elegant, mineral wines.