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Domenico Serra

Domenico Serra

Serra Domenico is a family-run estate on the hills above Agliano Terme, in the Monferrato, farmed by the Serra family for seven generations. Guido Serra founded the business under its own name in 1974 at Cascina dell'Avvocato, the farmhouse his father Giuseppe had bought in 1963; son Domenico took charge in 2002, and grandson Lorenzo joined in 2008, steering production toward wine alone and toward bottling single vineyards separately. The estate farms 18 hectares, 11 under vine and planted almost entirely to grapes native to the region, Barbera above all, alongside Grignolino, Freisa, Dolcetto, Cortese and a little Nebbiolo, worked without herbicide or chemical fertiliser. The range runs from everyday Barbera d'Asti to the single-vineyard Costacasareggio cru, a Nizza, a Grignolino d'Asti, two Cortese whites and a Monferrato Freisa and Dolcetto. Agliano Terme itself lies inside the Nizza DOCG zone, created in 2014 as the strictest appellation for Barbera in the region.

At a glance

Region
Monferrato, Piemonte, Italy
Address
Strada Fornaci Stazione 18, 14041 Agliano Terme (AT)
Winemaker
Roberto Olivieri
Tours
Available
Tastings
Not listed
Wines listed
12
Website
https://serradomenicovini.it/

Visits & tastings

A visit here starts among the family's vineyards on the hills above Agliano Terme and ends in the cellar with a tasting of the estate's wines. Visits run every day of the week, but only by appointment.

Tours

  • Guided vineyard and cellar visit · walk through the vineyards, ending with a tasting in the cellar

Good to know

  • By appointment only, book by phone or through the website's contact form

Contact

Wines from Domenico Serra

  • Barbera d'Asti Superiore: Barbera d'Asti Superiore DOCG, Barbera, Red. The estate's Barbera d'Asti Superiore, aged 5 to 6 months in steel and then 12 months in tonneaux.
  • Carlesca: Monferrato Rosso DOC, Freisa, Red. A single-varietal Freisa bottled as Monferrato Rosso, aged in steel and then 12 months in barrique.
  • Ciresa: Vino Rosso, Barbera, Red. A Barbera table wine made by drying the bunches for 50 days before fermentation and ageing 12 months in barrique.
  • Costacasareggio: Barbera d'Asti DOCG, Barbera, Red. A single-vineyard Barbera d'Asti from the Costacasareggio cru at Agliano Terme; the estate's own site notes that this cru was awarded 3 grappoli by the Prosit guide (ONAV).
  • Crivèl: Grignolino d'Asti DOC, Grignolino, Red. The estate's Grignolino d'Asti, from a small, south-west facing plot at Agliano Terme.
  • Edoardoprimo: Spumante Brut Rosé, Nebbiolo 50%, Barbera 25%, Freisa 25%, Sparkling. A brut rosé spumante blending Nebbiolo, Barbera and Freisa, made with a tank-method second fermentation.
  • Il Frè: Monferrato Dolcetto DOC, Dolcetto, Red. The estate's Monferrato Dolcetto, from a small, south-east facing plot at Agliano Terme.
  • La Padrona: Barbera d'Asti DOCG, Barbera, Red. The estate's Barbera d'Asti, grown on a 2-hectare, south-facing plot at Agliano Terme.
  • Lampyris: Piemonte DOC Cortese, Cortese, White. A Piemonte Cortese partly fermented in new barrel, grown at Agliano Terme and Montegrosso d'Asti.
  • Nizza: Nizza DOCG, Barbera, Red. The estate's Nizza DOCG, a Barbera from a 2-hectare plot at Agliano Terme aged 6 months in steel and then 12 months in tonneaux.
  • Piemonte Barbera: Piemonte DOC Barbera, Barbera, Red. The estate's entry-level Piemonte DOC Barbera, grown at Agliano Terme.
  • Pùs da l'ulm: Piemonte DOC Cortese, Cortese, White. A Piemonte Cortese grown on two plots at Agliano Terme and Montegrosso d'Asti.