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F.lli Rovero

F.lli Rovero

Rovero is a family estate in San Marzanotto, a village on the hills just outside Asti. The chapel from 1880 still stands in the middle of a cluster of farm buildings around a large courtyard, with the distillery and grappa cellar there and the winery and wine ageing rooms on the opposite hill among the vines. The last two generations, brothers Franco, Claudio and Michelino with Michelino's son Enrico, run it. The whole farm has been organic for years and is ICEA certified, and the estate also makes honey and grape juices. The wine range leans on Monferrato varieties: Barbera d'Asti in several styles, including Rouvè from a vineyard planted in 1967, plus Grignolino, Nebbiolo, Sauvignon, Pinot Nero, a Bordeaux-style blend, sweet Moscato and Brachetto, and two chinati. Asti sits in the Monferrato hills, where Barbera is the leading red variety.

At a glance

Region
Asti, Piemonte, Italy
Address
Strada Valdonata 216, Fraz. San Marzanotto, 14100 Asti (AT)
Winemaker
Franco, Claudio, Michelino and Enrico Rovero
Tours
Not listed
Tastings
Available
Wines listed
15
Website
https://www.rovero.it/

Visits & tastings

Rovero receives visitors at the farm in San Marzanotto, a few minutes from Asti. The site advertises wine and grappa tasting and an agriturismo with rooms. Call ahead to arrange a visit.

Food & stay

  • Agriturismo with rooms, as listed on the estate's website

Good to know

  • Opening hours 9:00 to 12:00 and 15:00 to 18:00
  • Contact the estate to arrange a tasting

Contact

Wines from F.lli Rovero

  • Barolo Chinato: Barolo Chinato, Nebbiolo, Fortified. An aromatised wine built on Barolo DOCG with cinchona and herbs, 16% vol, rested about six months in small oak casks.
  • Biandonata: Vino Bianco, Cortese, Riesling Italico, White. A frizzante white from Cortese and Riesling Italico, organically farmed and rested two months on fine lees.
  • Brachetto: Piemonte Brachetto DOC, Brachetto d'Acqui 100%, Sweet. A frizzante, aromatic Piemonte Brachetto from 100% Brachetto d'Acqui, drunk young.
  • Calisaya: Chinato, Barbera 100%, Fortified. An old Piedmontese chinato recipe built on Barbera d'Asti, with cinchona bark and herbs.
  • Casalina: Grignolino d'Asti DOC, Grignolino 100%, Red. A Grignolino d'Asti from the Monferrato hills, macerated 10 days and aged four months in steel. The producer notes it as a variety Pope Francis's grandfather grew in Asti.
  • Guani: Piemonte DOC Sauvignon, Sauvignon Blanc 100%, White. An oak-fermented Sauvignon Blanc from vines planted in 1987, aged on fine lees.
  • Gustin: Barbera d'Asti Superiore DOCG, Barbera 100%, Red. A Barbera d'Asti Superiore from the Gustin vineyard in Valdonata, 12 months in 20 hl oak barrels.
  • Lajetto: Piemonte DOC Pinot Nero, Pinot Noir 100%, Red. A Piemonte Pinot Nero with indigenous-yeast fermentation and about 8 months in barriques.
  • Mandorlo: Barbera del Monferrato DOC, Barbera 100%, Red. A lively, frizzante Barbera del Monferrato aged six months in steel and meant to be drunk young.
  • Moscato Spumante: Vino Spumante di Qualità aromatico dolce, Moscato Bianco 100%, Sparkling. A sweet aromatic sparkling Moscato Bianco, Charmat method, 7% vol.
  • Nebbiaia: Monferrato DOC Rosso, Nebbiolo, Red. A Nebbiolo from the Nebbiaia vineyard on sandy soil, aged at least 12 months in Slavonian oak.
  • Rouvè: Barbera d'Asti Superiore DOCG, Barbera 100%, Red. A selection Barbera d'Asti Superiore from the 1967 Vigneto Serra, 24 months in barriques. Rouvè is Piedmontese for Rovero.
  • Sanpansè: Barbera d'Asti DOCG, Barbera 100%, Red. A medium-bodied Barbera d'Asti, 30% aged in oak and 70% in steel, bottled without fining or filtration.
  • Schiavino: Monferrato DOC Rosso, Cabernet Sauvignon 40%, Merlot 20%, Barbera 20%, Nebbiolo 20%, Red. A Bordeaux-Piedmont blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Barbera and Nebbiolo, aged in barriques.
  • Villa Drago: Monferrato DOC Bianco, Sauvignon Blanc 100%, White. A varietal Sauvignon Blanc from two vineyards with different exposures, aged in steel on fine lees.