Andrea's usually the one who meets you, and within a few minutes you're walking terraced rows held up by dry-stone walls the family calls their "heroic" vineyards — the oldest, steepest vines, worked by hand because a tractor would tip. The estate has run in the family since 1866, and Andrea, the oenologist, patented a system with his brother Luca in 2016 (Vinooxygen®) to make wines with less added sulfite and more aroma. The cellar runs on solar power and the vineyards are certified organic, which here reads less like a slogan than like how a small family keeps a hard hillside going.
The range leans Barbera — N'átra neuva and the Superiore La Pajassa, both Barbera d'Asti DOCG — alongside Cento Scalini, a Moscato d'Asti, and Simposiarca, an Alta Langa spumante made blanc de noirs. Three tastings to pick from: the €15 basic four-wine pour (free if you spend over €80), a €28 version with a salumi-and-cheese board and a short vineyard walk, or the €33 Elite, eight wines and the full climb to the heroic vines. Book ahead on the site or by WhatsApp; the walk's better in the cool of the morning.