Roccheviberti

Azienda Agricola RoccheViberti lies in località Rocche in Castiglione Falletto, within the Langhe. The vineyards occupy a landscape of steep, viticulture-focused hills, with a mountain chain visible beyond the surrounding plain. The estate describes this as long-established winegrowing country and associates the character of its wines with the hills of Rocche and their distinct territorial identity.

Rocche di Castiglione

Rocche di Castiglione is a narrow, steeply inclined cru composed of small vineyard properties. It extends for approximately 1.5 km along the hillside and averages only 60–70 m in vertical width. Below it is the rocky precipice that gives the locality its name: the cliff falls as much as 150 m toward the Perno river in places.

The cru lies at approximately 300–350 m and predominantly faces east to south-east; the estate’s individually profiled parcel is at 350 m with a south to south-east exposure. Its soils are predominantly calcareous, with substantial sand and tuff. These conditions are associated with defined aromas, soft tannins, balance and elegance.

Bricco Boschis

Bricco Boschis is considerably larger, predominantly west-facing and situated between 200 and 300 m. Its soils contain more clay than Rocche di Castiglione. The resulting wines are associated with deeper colour, greater structure, more pronounced tannins and longevity.

Mariondino / Moriondino

Mariondino is formed from small parcels at an average elevation of about 300 m. It occupies the outer part of Castiglione Falletto adjoining the commune of Monforte d’Alba and the Bussia area. The exposure is west and the soil is a marl-and-sandstone formation crossed by veins of sand. This combination is associated with spice and mature, sweet-toned tannins.

The estate cultivates 4.5 ha of specialized vineyards planted to the native varieties Nebbiolo, Barbera and Dolcetto. Only grapes grown on the estate are vinified.

Classic Guyot is the identified training system for the individually documented Nebbiolo, Barbera and Dolcetto holdings. The family presents vineyard work as an integral part of a multigenerational winegrowing tradition and links quality to respect for the fruit and its place of origin.

RoccheViberti vinifies only estate-grown grapes and frames its cellar work within traditional practice and respect for the raw material. Fermentations take place in temperature-controlled stainless-steel tanks. Across the documented range, red-wine fermentations or macerations extend from approximately 10 to 25 days, depending on the cuvée. Malolactic fermentation is carried out in steel where specified.

French oak is the estate’s sole identified wood for maturation. The cellar employs 500 L barrels, 5 hL tonneaux and larger 20–25 hL or 25 hL casks. Depending on the wine, wood ageing ranges from six months to two or three years. A wine intended for earlier drinking is instead retained for six months in stainless steel, while the Langhe Nebbiolo component from Mariondino receives 15 months in wood.

Bottle maturation follows oak ageing for the principal wood-matured wines. Documented periods range from four months to at least 12 months; temperature-controlled bottle-ageing rooms are used where specified. The long, quiet maturation in wood and bottle is intended to develop bouquet, integrate flavours and preserve a recognizable connection to the hills of Rocche and Castiglione Falletto.