ITALIANO HOME • WHERE • WINERY • WINE RESORT • WINES • VINEYARDS AND GRAPES • NEWS ADMURA • ANDEIRA • AUR-OURA • BETT • DRÏ • ERCHE • LOSNA • RA NEIRA • RAPP • RATARAURA • REIS • REITEMP • RÒO • STEIRA • VERMUT From Piedmont native grapes and old vineyards mostly, an array of tense, radical, no-makeup wines: Admura Vino Rosso ALB, Andeira Vino Rosato Frizzante BRB, Aur-Oura Vino Rosso DLC, Bett Vino Rosato Frizzante FRS/BRB/DLC, Drï Vino Bianco CRT, Erche Ovada docg Riserva, Losna Ovada docg, Ra Neira Vino Rosso NBL, Rapp Vino Rosso BRB, Rataraura Vino Rosso BRB, Reìs Vino Bianco CRT, Reitemp Vino Rosso BRB, Ròo Vino Bianco CRT, Steira Ovada docg Vigna Rocco. All the wines, but the 3 Ovada docg, are intentionally off the DOP system. We also produce white and red Vermuts. MORE DETAILS Clayey-loamy soils. Guyot growing system. Planting density: 5.000 vines/ha. ADMURA Admura is a single-grape red wine voluntarily declassified, from a vineyard planted in 2013 — with 5 tons per ha average yield. It spends 18 months at least in terracotta amphorae. In the local dialect of 19th century, Admura means “toy”. MORE DETAILS Clayey-loamy soils. Guyot growing system. Planting density: 5.000 vines/ha. ANDEIRA Andeira is a single-grape, no disgorged refermented in the bottle sparkling wine, from vineyards planted between 1970 and 2005 — with 5-6 tons per ha average yield. It spends around 6 months in old wooden casks or tonneaux before being bottled for the spontaneous refermentation. In the local dialect of 19th century, Andeira means “gait”. MORE DETAILS Clayey-loamy soils. Guyot growing system. Planting density: 5.000 vines/ha. AUR-OURA Aur-oura is a single-grape red wine voluntarily declassified, from vineyards planted between 1965 and 2005 — with 5 tons per ha average yield. It spends around 12 months in concrete tanks. In the local dialect of 19th century, Aur-oura means “just now”. BETT Bett is a 3-grapes, no disgorged refermented in the bottle sparkling wine. It spends around 6 months in terracotta amphorae before being bottled for the spontaneous refermentation. In the local dialect of 19th century, Bett means “shoot”. MORE DETAILS Terreni a prevalenza sabbiosa. Vigneti allevati a Guyout, con densità di ca. 4.500 piante/ha. DRÏ Drï is a single-grape white wine voluntarily declassified from a vineyard planted in 1980 -with very low yield. It spends 6 months at least mostly in acacia-wood. In the local dialect of 19th century, Drï means “proud of himself”. MORE DETAILS Clayey-loamy soils. Guyot growing system. Planting density: 5.000 vines/ha. ERCHE DOCG Erche is an Ovada docg Riserva, exclusively obtained from a specific portion of a dolcetto vineyard planted between 1996 and 2000 — with 5 tons per ha average yield. Spontaneous fermentation — wild yeast only — is done in old oak casks with extended maceration. It spends 24-30 months at least mostly in old tonneaux. In the local dialect of 19th century, Erche means “rainbow”. MORE DETAILS Clayey-loamy soils. Guyot growing system. Planting density: 5.000 vines/ha. LOSNA DOCG Losna is an Ovada docg, exclusively obtained from a dolcetto vineyard planted between 1996 and 2000 — with 5 tons per ha average yield. Spontaneous fermentation — wild yeast only — is done in stainless steel tanks with extended maceration. It spends 15 months at least mostly in old barriques. In the local dialect of 19th century, Losna means “lightning” MORE DETAILS Clayey-loamy soils. Guyot growing system. Planting density: 5.000 vines⁄ha. RA NEIRA Ra Neira is a single-grape red wine voluntarily declassified, from a vineyard planted in 2013 — with 5 tons per ha average yield. It spends 18 months at least in old casks or tonneaux. In the local dialect of 19th century, Ra Neira means “the night”. MORE DETAILS Clayey-loamy soils. Guyot growing system. Planting density: 5.500 vines/ha. RAPP Rapp is a single-grape red wine voluntarily declassified, from a vineyard planted in 1970 — with 5 tons per ha average yield. It spends 24-30 months at least in old casks. In the local dialect of 19th century, Rapp means “bunch”. MORE DETAILS Clayey-loamy soils. Guyot growing system. Planting density: 5.500 vines/ha. RATARAURA Rataraura is a single-grape red wine voluntarily declassified, from vineyards planted between 1970 and 2002 — with 5 tons per ha average yield. It spends 16 months at least mostly in terracotta amphorae. In the local dialect of 19th century, Rataraura means “bat”. MORE DETAILS Terreni franchi, a prevalenza limo-argillosa. Vigneti allevati a Guyout, con densità di ca. 5.000 piante/ha. REÌS Reìs is a single-grape white wine voluntarily declassified from vineyards planted between 1975 and 1989 — with 5 tons per ha average yield. It spends 6 months at least mostly in acacia-wood. In the local dialect of 19th century, Reìs means “roots”. MORE DETAILS Clayey-loamy soils. Guyot growing system. Planting density: 6.000 vines/ha. REITEMP Reitemp is a single-grape red wine voluntarily declassified, from a vineyard planted in 1955 with 3-4 tons per ha average yield. It spends 30-36 months at least in old casks. In the local dialect of 19th century, Reitemp means “the ringing of the bells to inform of a storm getting closer”. MORE DETAILS Clayey-loamy soils. Guyot growing system. Planting density: 5.000-5.500 vines/ha. RÒO Ròo is a single-grape white wine voluntarily declassified from vineyards planted between 1970 and 1982 with 5-6 tons per ha average yield. It spends 6 months at least mostly in acacia-wood. In the local dialect of 19th century, Ròo means “moon halo”. MORE DETAILS Clayey-loamy soils. Guyot growing system. Planting density: 5.000 vines/ha. STEIRA DOCG Steira is an Ovada docg Vigna, exclusively obtained from dolcetto grapes hand-picked in Rocco vineyard — plantation year 1970 — with 4-4,5 tons per ha average yield. Spontaneous fermentation — wild yeast only — is done in old oak casks with extended maceration. It spends 20 months at least in old barriques. In the local dialect of 19th century, Steira means “star”. VERMUT White and Red Vermuts are made with our wines only, in cooperation with Gualco, a famous, niche distillery quite close to us. They are characterized by a long -around 2 months- cold maceration in wine and ethyl alcohol: glass demijohns host a complex mix of more than 20 botanicals, including wormwood, yarrow, juniper berries, angelica seeds, rhubarb, gentian roots, citrus zests, hybiscus and orange flowers. No flavours or colouring and preservatives, no other additives apart from as less as possible sugar to balance botanical bitterness. HOME • WHERE • WINERY • WINE RESORT • WINES • VINEYARDS AND GRAPES • NEWS ITALIANO | ENGLISH Facebook Instagram Email Azienda Agricola il Rocco, Strada Cascina Rocco 500, 15071 Carpeneto (AL), Tel. +39 0143 187 00 34 / +39 348 81 01 442 / +39 348 72 72 725 Copyright ©2014 Azienda Agricola Il Rocco. All Rights Reserved. P.IVA 10354681008 Foto di Andrea Simeone. Website by Jumpzero.