ITALIANO HOME • WHERE • WINERY • WINE RESORT • WINES • VINEYARDS AND GRAPES • NEWS OLD VINEYARDS & PIEDMONT-NATIVE GRAPES Rocco di Carpeneto is a radical, organic winery located on a small plateau amidst the Upper Monferrato hills, i.e. the closest to Mediterranean sea part of Piedmont. Wine production is strictly devoted to Piedmont-native grapes (cortese, barbera, dolcetto, freisa, albarossa, nebbiolo) grown in old vineyards — mostly planted between 1955 and 1986. We are proud VinNatur member. 1 2 3 4 5 6 SUN, EARTH AND OUR OWN PASSION ONLY Rocco di Carpeneto wines are made up with sun, earth and our own passion only, in adherence to Upper Monferrato nature's pace. Vineyards are organically treated with very limited quantities of copper and sulphur, managed with spontaneous grassing or sown with green manure. Grapes are rigorously handpicked in small crates. The “do nothing farming” principles are our true inspiration. THE ROOTS OF A NAME "Rocch is the name of a hamlet in Carpeneto d'Acqui, used since 1458 and even before, when St. Rocco's worship simply did not exist. In rucchis et spissis communis Carpeneti, nemo audeat incidere aut incidi facere we read in the local middle-age Municipality by-laws. Horri is "thorn" in Basque language, and orrok is "thorn bush". The nearby zone, now covered by vineyards, was once a thorn bush close to the borders with Alessandria. Here is a word -maybe- from the ancient, unknown Ligurian language." G. FERRARO, GLOSSARIO MONFERRINO, TORINO, 1889 2A ED., P.94 A LONG HISTORY OF SUITABLE TERROIR Rocco di Carpeneto vineyards lie close to the border with Rocca Grimalda village, on a small plateau gently shaped by small valleys at 270 mt above sea level. All the zone has been since long time devoted to the viticolture: "the countryside around Ovada is covered by vineyards (...) the soil is quite low-fertile and windblown by sea-breezes but, diligently farmed, easily becomes fruitful. Grapes are its main product: well-made and aged wines could compete with famous French ones (...). G.CASALISI, DIZIONARIO GEOGRAFICO STORICO-STATISTICO-COMMERCIALE DEGLI STATI DI S.M. IL RE DI SARDEGNA, TORINO, 1845, VOL. XIII, VOCE OVADA, PP. 720-722 NEWS MORE NEWS follow all the latest news on FB and instagram 10 APRIL 2018 READ MORE Rocco di Carpeneto's #OvadaRevolution is back in the spotlight this weekend in Milan (Live Wine event and Live Wine Night at la Cieca Pink), Calvisano (near Brescia, Vino in-dipendente) and Rapallo (Twin Rocco Party at ParlaComeMangi gourmet food & wine shop). 03 MARCH 2016 READ MORE Rataraura Barbera del Monferrato Superiore 2012 - 91/100 Rapp Barbera del Monferato Superiore 2012 – 89/100 Losna Ovada 2013 2 stelle – 88/100 Aur-Oura Monferrato Dolcetto 2013 – 87/100 10 NOVEMBER 2015 READ MORE most of conventional, standard opinions about Dolcetto grape are technically misleading, often flattened on the "easy & fruity" binomial..but do you know how rich in polyphenols is this grape? 15 AUGUST 2015 READ MORE YOU CAN FIND US HERE, FOLLOWING THE DIRECTIONS More information 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.