Bottiglia Roero - Cà di Cairè

Cà di Cairè

The winery of Emanuele Rolfo, founded in 1979, is located in the northern part of Montà, between Gianoli and San Rocco, where the 5 estate-owned hectares are also found (the winery also holds 0,4 leased hectare). The winery has 1.7 hectares that belong to the denomination – 1.1 of these are planted with Arneis and 0.6 with Nebbiolo – on mostly sandy soils for the Arneis and on more gravel/clay rich soils for the Nebbiolo.

DOCG-Denomination wines:

  • Roero Arneis: from the Mumbasun, Vitori Fortuna and Varomaldo vineyards, all located within Montà. It ages in stainless steel vats for 4 months and 6 months in the bottle, with a total annual production of about 6,500 bottles;
  • Roero Arneis Senza Solfiti Aggiunti: from vineyards located in Montà. It ages 4 mesi in stainless steel vats and 3 months in bottle, with a total annual production of about 2.500 bottle;
  • Roero Arneis Menelic: from the Mumbasun and Vitori Fortuna vineyards located in Montà. It ages for 4 months in stainless steel vats, 4 months in in small oak barrels and 12 months in the bottle, with a total annual production of about 2,000 bottles;
  • Roero Riserva: from the Mumbasun and Priocchina vineyards located in Montà. It ages in large oak casks for 12 months and in bottle for 6 months, with a total annual production of about 3,000 bottles.

Produttori di Govone

Established in 1957, this winegrowers’ association now has 250 members, divided between Langhe, Monferrato and Roero, for a total of 295 hectares of vineyards. They currently have 26 hectares of vineyards belonging to the DOCG denomination planted with Arneis.

DOCG-Denomination wines:

  • Roero Arneis;
  • Roero Arneis Spumante Terre Sabaude;
  • Roero Arneis Terre Sabaude.

Ponchione Maurizio

The winery, currently run by Maurizio Ponchione, was founded in 1936 by the grandfather (aka Gundin). The winery currently holds 10 hectares, 9 of which are estate-owned and 1 that is leased. All the vine-planted hectares belong to the DOCG denomination – both for Arneis and Nebbiolo – are found on the Monfrini vineyard, which is located just a few steps from the Trinità hamlet of Govone, just along the border of the municipality of Priocca.

DOCG-Denomination wines:

  • Roero Arneis: from the Monfrini vineyard in Govone. It ages in stainless steel vats for 4 months and 1 month in barrels, with a total annual production of about 4,600 bottles;
  • Roero: from the Monfrini vineyard located in Govone. It ages in stainless steel vats for 4 months and 16 months in small oak barrels, with a total annual production of about 2,000 bottles.

Valdinera

This fourth-generation family winery, founded in 1988, has been producing their wines from the estate-owned vineyards, all located within the municipality. It is Giuseppe Careglio who currently runs this winery, located in the historic center of town. The winery currently holds 20 estate-owned hectares of vines. Of these, 13 belong to the denomination – 12 are planted with Arneis and 1 with Nebbiolo.

DOCG-Denomination wines:

  • Roero Arneis: from the Cumignano, San Martino, San Steu, Buonagiunta and Lavalle vineyards located in Corneliano d’Alba. It ages in stainless steel vats for 6 months and 1 month in the bottle, with a total annual production of about 65,000 bottles;
  • Roero Riserva San Carlo: from the vineyard of the same name, located in Corneliano d’Alba. It ages in barrels for 12 months, 6 months in large oak casks, and 6 months in the bottle, with a total annual production of about 3,000 bottles.

Pescaja

In 1990 Giuseppe Guido, just nineteen years old, bought the first vineyards in Cisterna d’Asti, from where still today come the grapes for the only DOCG-denomination wine, the Roero Arneis. The winery manages almost 19 hectares, 15 of which are estate-owned and 4 of which are leased, mainly in the territory of Nizza Monferrato.

DOCG-Denomination wines:

  • Roero Arneis.