ALBINO ROCCA s.s.a

Around Barbaresco, on the ridges of the Langhe, Albino Rocca cultivates four DOCG denominations with an approach characterized by balance rather than showmanship. The two main directions are clear. Barolo and Barbaresco are crafted from Nebbiolo, structured through long aging periods—thirty-eight and twenty-six months respectively—demanding patience and precision. The other two denominations, Dogliani and Diano d'Alba, are based on Dolcetto, where the grape yields a more direct, mineral linearity. The contrast between these two registers is the very essence of their work: the patient depth of Nebbiolo on one hand, the crispness of Dolcetto on the other, each respected for its own needs rather than forced into a single stylistic mold. It's an operation marked by coherence rather than theatricality, where nothing of what the Langhe can express is simplified. Visitors are received by appointment: a visit to the cellar here means encountering four denominations held together without shortcuts, and discerning in the glass the refusal to flatten their differences.

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