# Bava > Monferrato, Piemonte, Italy. Winery profile from Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/bava). - **Region:** Monferrato, Piemonte, Italy - **Address:** Strada Monferrato 2, 14023 Cocconato (AT) - **Coordinates:** 45.0881798, 8.0734169 - **Website:** https://www.bava.com - **Tours:** available - **Tastings:** available - **Curated profile:** yes (researched in depth by Il Vino Bello) - **Last updated:** 2026-09-30 ## About Bava is a family estate based in Cocconato, in the Monferrato Astigiano hills, where the family has grown vines since the 1600s and built its first cellar in 1911. Today it farms about fifty hectares of vineyard plus twenty of meadow and woodland, worked with permanent grass between the rows and no herbicides. Its holdings are spread over four areas: the Pieve and Cadodo vineyards at Cocconato, the Pianoalto estate at Crena near Agliano Terme, the Scarrone farmhouse and five hectares of Nebbiolo at Castiglione Falletto, and an Alta Langa estate at San Donato di Mango given over to sparkling wine. The range runs from Barbera (Libera, Stradivario, and the Nizza Pianoalto) through Barolo, Barbaresco and Langhe Nebbiolo to Gavi, Ruchè, Albarossa, Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Moscato and Metodo Classico Alta Langa. The family's vermouth and Alta Langa house Giulio Cocchi, also in Cocconato, is a separate brand. Nizza is a DOCG of 18 communes, Agliano Terme among them. ## Visits & tastings Bava opens its historic cellars in Cocconato for tastings seven days a week, with a wine shop next door. **Tastings** - **Classic tasting** · historic cellars and Cocchi Botanical Library · 3 wines and a vermouth · 1 h 30 - **Bava, Story of Monferrato** · cellars and barrel room · 4 wines incl. a red with long ageing potential · 1 h 30 - **Bava, Piedmont's Finest** · cellars and barrel room · best vintages of 5 top Bava wines · 2 h **Tours** - **Truffle and wine journey** · truffle hunt with a local trifolau, then cellars and barrel room · 3 wines with the truffles found · 3 h · October to March only **Good to know** - Book through the tastings page form; the winery confirms availability - Mon to Fri 9:00 to 12:30 and 14:00 to 17:30; Sat, Sun and public holidays 10:00 to 18:00 - Custom tastings, verticals and food pairings on request; gift vouchers available **Contact** - [+39 0141 907083](tel:+390141907083) - [benvenuti@bava.com](mailto:benvenuti@bava.com) - [Book a visit](https://www.bava.com/en/company-bava-wines/tastings-and-cellar-tours/) - Strada Monferrato 2, 14023 Cocconato (AT) ## Wines (20) - [Alta Langa](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/bava-alta-langa.md): Alta Langa DOCG, Pinot Noir 50%, Chardonnay 50%, Sparkling. Bava's traditional-method Alta Langa, half Pinot Noir and half Chardonnay from San Donato di Mango, 60 months on the lees. - [Alteserre](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/bava-alteserre.md): Monferrato DOC Bianco, Chardonnay 100%, White. Barrel-fermented Chardonnay from the Pieve vineyard, released after bottle ageing. - [Barbaresco](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/bava-barbaresco.md): Barbaresco DOCG, Nebbiolo 100%, Red. Small-production Barbaresco from a single vineyard in the village of Barbaresco, aged in young oak. - [Barolo](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/bava-barolo.md): Barolo DOCG, Nebbiolo 100%, Red. Commune Barolo from vineyards entirely in Castiglione Falletto, refined in 50 hl oak vats. - [Bass Tuba](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/bava-bass-tuba.md): Moscato d'Asti DOCG, Moscato Bianco 100%, Sweet. Low-alcohol, sweet Moscato d'Asti from higher, cooler Alta Langa vineyards, fermented in steel. - [Cor de Chasse](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/bava-cor-de-chasse.md): Gavi DOCG del Comune di Gavi, Cortese, White. Gavi del Comune di Gavi from the Lomellina vineyard, fermented and aged on the lees in steel. - [Langhe Nebbiolo](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/bava-langhe-nebbiolo.md): Langhe DOC Nebbiolo, Nebbiolo 100%, Red. Langhe Nebbiolo from the youngest vines around the Scarrone farmhouse in Castiglione Falletto. - [Libera](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/bava-libera.md): Barbera d'Asti DOCG, Barbera 100%, Red. Barbera d'Asti from the younger vines on the flat hilltop at Pianoalto, made in steel and refined in bottle. - [Malvasia Rosé](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/bava-malvasia-rose.md): Malvasia di Castelnuovo Don Bosco DOC, Malvasia di Schierano, Malvasia Nera Lunga, Sparkling. Sweet sparkling rosé from red Malvasia grapes of the upper Asti hills, made by Bava since the late 1970s. - [Pianoalto](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/bava-pianoalto.md): Nizza DOCG, Barbera 100%, Red. Nizza DOCG from the oldest Barbera vines of the Pianoalto estate at Crena, aged 18 months in large wooden vats. - [Relais Bianc](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/bava-relais-bianc.md): Piemonte DOC Sauvignon, Sauvignon Blanc 100%, White. Sauvignon Blanc from the white marl soils of Bricco della Pieve in Cocconato, aged ten months on the lees in steel. - [Relais Bianc Particulier](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/bava-relais-bianc-particulier.md): Piemonte DOC Sauvignon, Sauvignon Blanc 100%, White. A 2019 Sauvignon Blanc held back for five years in bottle, made from a prime plot at Bricco della Pieve. - [Rosetta](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/bava-rosetta.md): Malvasia di Castelnuovo Don Bosco DOC, Malvasia di Schierano, Malvasia Nera Lunga, Sweet. Lightly sparkling, sweet red Malvasia at 5.5% alcohol, with a rose on the label. - [Rosingana](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/bava-rosingana.md): Piemonte DOC Albarossa, Albarossa 100%, Red. Albarossa, the Nebbiolo x Barbera crossing, grown at Rosingana in Cocconato since 2008 and aged in steel. - [Ruchè](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/bava-ruche.md): Ruchè di Castagnole Monferrato DOCG, Ruchè 100%, Red. Dry, aromatic Ruchè from Castagnole Monferrato, made without wood. - [Scarrone](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/bava-scarrone.md): Barolo DOCG, Nebbiolo 100%, Red. Single-cru Barolo from the five hectares around the Scarrone farmhouse, 30 months in large wooden vats. - [Serre di San Pietro](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/bava-serre-di-san-pietro.md): Monferrato DOC Nebbiolo Superiore, Nebbiolo 100%, Red. Nebbiolo replanted at the end of the 1990s on the Cadodo hill in Cocconato, aged 10 months in 15 hl barrels. - [Stradivario](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/bava-stradivario.md): Barbera d'Asti Superiore DOCG, Barbera 100%, Red. Barbera Superiore from the south-facing Bricco della Pieve vineyard, 18 months in new barriques, made only in the best years. - [Sullavìa](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/bava-sullavia.md): Piemonte DOC Pinot Nero, Pinot Noir 100%, Red. Steel-aged Pinot Noir from a single calcareous vineyard at Agliano Terme, next to the Pianoalto Barbera. - [Thou Bianc](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/bava-thou-bianc.md): Piemonte DOC Chardonnay, Chardonnay, Timorasso, White. Chardonnay with a small share of Timorasso from the white marl soils of Bricco della Pieve, made in steel.