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Monferrato & Asti

Monferrato and Asti are Piemonte's more varied hills, where Barbera brings dark acidity, Dolcetto stays easy, and Moscato turns limestone slopes into sweet fizz.

Place
Monferrato & Asti · Piemonte · Italy
Producers
34
Editorial basis
World of Wine subregion guide
Atlas locationMonferrato & Asti · Piemonte44.88° N · 8.14° E
Appellations
Barbera d'Asti · Nizza · Barbera del Monferrato · Barbera del Monferrato Superiore · Asti · Dolcetto d'Asti · Ruchè di Castagnole Monferrato · Grignolino d'Asti · Grignolino del Monferrato Casalese · Brachetto d'Acqui · Dolcetto d'Acqui · Dolcetto di Ovada

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  1. Alto Piemonte11 producersAlto Piemonte is cooler and higher, with old Nebbiolo-based blends grown on volcanic and glacial soils that make the wines leaner, spicier and more mineral than the Langhe.
  2. Canavese & Torinese7 producersCanavese and the Torinese hills sit near the Alps, where altitude and morainic soils keep reds lighter and make Erbaluce one of Piemonte's sharpest whites.
  3. Langhe149 producersLanghe is the Nebbiolo core of Piemonte: Barolo and Barbaresco sit on calcareous marl hills where late ripening gives pale colour, perfume and serious tannin.
  4. Roero9 producersRoero lies across the Tanaro from the Langhe, with sandier soils that soften Nebbiolo and make Arneis the white-grape counterpoint.

Producer profiles

Producers in Monferrato & Asti

  • Angelini Wines & EstatesA Tuscany-rooted estate group uniting Val di Suga, Tenuta Trerose and San Leonino, with Sangiovese central to its listed wines.
  • Azienda Agricola Angelini PaoloFourth-generation Monferrato family estate best known for Arbian, a Grignolino del Monferrato Casalese aged four years under the Monferace collective's extended protocol.
  • Azienda Agricola Boggero-Bogge WineFamily farm estate in Vaglio Serra making Barbera d'Asti DOCG and Nizza DOCG from 8 hectares of vines. The Altaris Nizza is macerated for 25 days and aged 16 months in French barriques.
  • Azienda Agricola CrivelliFour-generation Piedmontese estate on the Montiò hill that farms Ruchè di Castagnole Monferrato and helped secure the grape's DOCG designation in 2010.
  • Azienda Vitivinicola Gianni DogliaPiemonte family estate anchored to Moscato d'Asti DOCG, with two lees-differentiated cuvées and a full Monferrato red range.
  • Braida di Giacomo BolognaThe Piedmontese estate that transformed Barbera from a bulk carafe grape into a cellar-worthy single-vineyard wine, starting with one hillside in Rocchetta Tanaro in 1982.
  • Cantina Sant EvasioThird-generation Monferrato estate in Nizza Monferrato farming 10 hectares of Barbera and Arneis, with the Nizza D.O.C.G. as its long-aged flagship.
  • Cantina Sociale di CasorzoFarmer-owned cooperative in Casorzo, Monferrato, built around Malvasia Nera and its DOC appellation. Founded 1951, first harvest 1954, formal registration 1957, Malvasia di Casorzo DOC granted 1968.
  • Cantine VolpiFifth-generation Piedmontese family winery founded in 1914 in Tortona, producing organically certified wines anchored by Timorasso from its Cascina La Zerba estate in Volpedo.
  • Cantine Volpi srlFive-generation Piedmontese producer founded in 1914 as the wine supply for a family osteria in Tortona, now exporting organic wines to 35 countries with Timorasso Derthona as its flagship white.
  • Cascina CappelleSix-generation Piedmont family estate on fossil-bearing limestone at a hilltop sanctuary in Mongardino, making Barbera d'Asti, Monferrato Nebbiolo, Monferrato Dolcetto, and Grignolino d'Asti.
  • Cascina La BarbatellaA five-hectare organic estate in Nizza Monferrato built around a parcel of Barbera vines planted in 1950. The flagship La Vigna dell'Angelo is 100% Barbera from that parcel, aged a minimum of 18 months with at least six in wood under the Nizza DOCG.
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  • Cascina VignaCascina Vigna is a family-run Piedmont estate cultivating seven hectares and producing Barbera, Freisa and Nebbiolo wines.
  • Chazalettes & Co.Turin vermouth house founded in 1876, revived from a century-old recipe book.
  • Cossetti Clemente e Figli S.r.l.Family estate in Castelnuovo Belbo, centred on native Barbera and Moscato, with Moscato d'Asti from San Colombano.
  • Dacasto DuilioFive-generation family estate in Agliano Terme farming 8 hectares across three Barbera tiers, a Burgundy-minded Chardonnay, and traditional-method Alta Langa sparkling wine.
  • DezzaniCocconato-based Piemontese producer making Barbaresco and Barolo from Langhe Nebbiolo through cooperative partnerships with hundreds of grower families across Monferrato and Langhe.
  • Giulio CocchiAromatized wine house in Asti, Piedmont. Makes Barolo Chinato, Storico Vermouth di Torino, and Americano on a Piedmontese wine base.
  • Guasti Clemente e FigliOld-vine Barbera estate in Nizza Monferrato, founded in 1946 by Clemente Guasti, who was among the first producers in the town to print vineyard origins on Barbera bottle labels.
  • La SpinettaLa Spinetta is a Piedmont family estate that in 1977 produced the first single-vineyard Moscato d'Asti in Italy, and has since built one of the most awarded portfolios in the region across Moscato, Barbera, Barbaresco, and Barolo.
  • Marco BonfanteMarco Bonfante is a Piedmontese estate in Nizza Monferrato run by siblings Marco and Micaela, founded in 2000 after the family split when their father died. The estate is built around Albarossa, a Barbera-Nebbiolo crossing largely ignored by other producers. Albarone, the flagship red, dries a portion of the harvest before fermentation and ages for years in large French oak before release.
  • MontalberaMonferrato estate that bet its mid-1980s expansion on Ruchè, the aromatic red variety that only reached DOCG in 2010.
  • PerlinoPiedmont house founded in Asti in 1905, producing Charmat-method sparkling wines and a century-old botanical vermouth at industrial scale.
  • ScarpaOld Piedmontese house in Nizza Monferrato farming Barbera in the Monferrato hills and Nebbiolo into the Langhe for Barolo, known for long barrel aging and extended bottle rest before release.
  • Società Agricola MontalberaThe dominant estate in the Ruché di Castagnole Monferrato DOCG, farming more than 100 hectares in the Asti hills around a single aromatic red grape and three ascending tiers of complexity.
  • Società Agricola Tenuta Santa Caterina S.R.L.An ancestral Monferrato estate revived from decades of abandonment, farming indigenous Grignolino and Barbera on the Colli Divini hills above Grazzano Badoglio, with 17-metre Infernotto cellars carved from local tuff.
  • Tenuta Bricco San GiorgioSmall family estate in Vinchio, Monferrato, run by Davide Laiolo on six personally managed hectares. Two wines: a varietal Viognier white and a varietal Nebbiolo rosé.
  • Tenuta La FiammengaA fourth-generation organic estate in Cioccaro di Penango making Barbera d'Asti with slow fermentation, prolonged skin contact, and more grip than the appellation typically delivers.
  • Tenuta la MeridianaFive-generation Monferrato estate bottling Barbera d'Asti from plot-specific vineyards since 1890, named for the sundial that led villagers to its door.
  • Tenuta La PergolaA fourth-generation Bodda family estate in Cisterna d'Asti, farming Nebbiolo, Barbera, Arneis, and Croatina at the geographic junction of three of Piemonte's most distinct hill systems, with SQNPI sustainable certification and wines across the Terre Alfieri DOCG.
  • Tenuta MontemagnoTenuta Montemagno makes Monferrato wines from Timorasso, Sauvignon, Barbera and Syrah in Montemagno, Asti.
  • Tenuta San MauroBianco family estate on a hill between Asti and Alba, making Barbaresco from 100% Nebbiolo and Alta Langa sparkling wines in Castagnole delle Lanze.
  • Tenuta Santa CaterinaEighteenth-century Monferrato estate revived on organic principles, farming Nebbiolo and Piedmontese natives in UNESCO-listed infernotto cellars seventeen metres underground.
  • VinoryPiemonte DOCG wines from Barolo and Barbaresco to Roero Arneis, Nizza and Barbera d'Asti, with named vineyard crus and hand harvested Nebbiolo.

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