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Albino Rocca

Albino Rocca

Albino Rocca is a four-generation family estate in Barbaresco. Giacomo Rocca began selling grapes and then wine in the 1940s, and the winery took shape in the 1960s around vineyards inherited by Albino, later built up by his son Angelo. About 20 hectares lie in Barbaresco, Neive and San Rocco Seno d'Elvio, a hamlet of Alba near Treiso, planted mostly to Nebbiolo with Barbera, Dolcetto, Cortese, Moscato and Chardonnay. The family bottles four single-vineyard Barbarescos, Ronchi, Cottà, Ovello Vigna Loreto and Montersino, alongside a blended Barbaresco, the Angelo label named for the late father, and two Riservas. The Barbarescos age in large oak barrels, and the estate joined the Green Experience sustainability certification with the 2016 vintage. Barbaresco is the smaller neighbour of Barolo, and the village sits about 15 km east of Alba.

At a glance

Region
Barbaresco, Piemonte, Italy
Address
Strada Ronchi 18, 12050 Barbaresco (CN)
Tours
Not listed
Tastings
Not listed
Wines listed
16
Website
https://www.albinorocca.com

Visits & tastings

The cellar in Barbaresco welcomes visitors Monday to Saturday, by appointment only, arranged by email or phone.

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Wines from Albino Rocca

  • Angelo: Barbaresco DOCG, Nebbiolo 100%, Red. A Barbaresco dedicated to the memory of Angelo Rocca since the 2013 vintage, blending grapes from three of the family's crus and fermented in conical oak vats.
  • Barbaresco: Barbaresco DOCG, Nebbiolo 100%, Red. The estate's blended Barbaresco, made from its younger Nebbiolo vineyards across Barbaresco, Neive and San Rocco Seno d'Elvio.
  • Barbera d'Alba: Barbera d'Alba DOC, Barbera 100%, Red. A young, fresh Barbera d'Alba from vineyards on both sides of the Tanaro.
  • Cottà: Barbaresco DOCG, Nebbiolo 100%, Red. A single-vineyard Barbaresco from the small Cottà vineyard in Neive, bought by the family in the 1970s and first vinified separately in 2015.
  • Cottà Riserva: Barbaresco Riserva DOCG, Nebbiolo 100%, Red. The Riserva version of the Cottà Barbaresco from the family's small Neive vineyard.
  • da Bertü: Langhe DOC Chardonnay, Chardonnay 100%, White. Chardonnay first planted by the family in the 1990s, kept fresh by skipping malolactic fermentation.
  • Dolcetto d'Alba: Dolcetto d'Alba DOC, Dolcetto 100%, Red. A youthful Dolcetto with ruby and violet colour and a pleasantly bitter finish, from vines planted between 1960 and 1978.
  • Gepin: Barbera d'Alba Superiore DOC, Barbera 100%, Red. Barbera d'Alba Superiore from the oldest vineyards, named after the previous owner Gepin, who had parcels in Ronchi and Cottà.
  • La Rocca: Piemonte DOC Cortese, Cortese 100%, White. A barrel-fermented Cortese made by Angelo Rocca, long-lived and complex.
  • Montersino: Barbaresco DOCG, Nebbiolo 100%, Red. Barbaresco from Montersino, the highest vineyards the family holds, vinified separately since the 2012 harvest.
  • Moscato d'Asti: Moscato d'Asti DOCG, Moscato 100%, Sweet. A sweet, aromatic, lightly fizzy Moscato from hand-worked steep vineyards in very small production.
  • Nebbiolo d'Alba: Nebbiolo d'Alba DOC, Nebbiolo 100%, Red. Nebbiolo from the western edge of San Rocco Seno d'Elvio, first vinified in 2007, outside the Barbaresco and Barolo zones.
  • Ovello Vigna Loreto: Barbaresco DOCG, Nebbiolo 100%, Red. Barbaresco from the Loreto parcel within Ovello, vinified separately since the 1980s.
  • Ronchi: Barbaresco DOCG, Nebbiolo 100%, Red. Barbaresco from the family's most historic vineyard, Ronchi, where its many parcels face the morning sun.
  • Ronchi Riserva: Barbaresco Riserva DOCG, Nebbiolo 100%, Red. A Riserva selected in the cellar from the Ronchi parcels and made only in the best vintages.
  • Rosso di Rocca: Langhe DOC Nebbiolo, Nebbiolo with a small share of Cabernet Franc, Red. A fragrant young Nebbiolo born from a vineyard bought in 2016 in Magliano Alfieri, left of the Tanaro.