Alberto Oggero

Forget everything you know about Roero, Arneis, and Roero Arneis! Alberto Oggero was born in Canale in 1985 and spent his childhood  accompanying and then working with his grandfather, Sandro, in his vineyards. Both of Alberto's grandfathers tended their own vineyards but his parents did not follow their parents into wine. Alberto was different and returned home to to take over Sandro's 2ha of vineyards after he passed. By the time he was 20 he had restored the family's house and cellar by hand and was ready to begin his life in wine. In 2009 he bottled his first wine, 500 bottles of Roero Arneis and followed with his first Roero Nebbiolo in 2011. In the following years Alberto has been able to reclaim more old vineyards and pursue his ideals of viticulture and oenology. Not a person of easy contentment, Alberto works tirelessly in the vineyards and then in the cellar to make sure that nothing happening there gets in the way of the fruit. They are certified Organic, use only native yeasts, use no fining or filtration, and seek only to express to fullest potential of where they are. He is also a member of RAW Wine. With the 2018 vintage he is releasing the wine that he has been working towards for many years, Roero Bianco DOCG. Alberto decided to call this wine Bianco moving forward because it is very different from the typical Arneis wines produced, which can be overtly floral, off dry, or simple. The 2018 Roero Bianco is a wine that speaks of place and also of the best parts of Arneis. His Nebbiolo wines are gorgeous in their own right. At 35, Alberto is just beginning his journey and we are happy to be have found him and to be a part of it.