Est. 1820 
3 wines 
Tastings
Tours
Accommodation
Booking required 
Wine area
Langhe
The hill country south of Alba that grows Barolo, Barbaresco and the everyday Nebbiolo, Dolcetto and Barbera bottlings sold under the Langhe DOC umbrella.
Roberto Sarotto
Roberto Sarotto is a family estate at Neviglie in the Langhe, near Alba. The family has made wine here since 1820, and seven generations on Roberto, Aurora and their children Enrico and Elena run it. Their vines cover about 126 football pitches, from Barolo and Barbaresco to Gavi. The cellar holds the world's largest oak barrel, a Guinness World Record from 2022. Visitors can book a tour and tasting, stay at the village bed and breakfast, or visit the wine bar and museum in Alba.
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Piedmont
- Est. 1820
- 3 wines
- Tastings
- Tours
- Accommodation
- Booking required
Wines from Roberto Sarotto
About Roberto Sarotto
Giuseppe Sarotto came to Neviglie from Barbaresco in 1820 and was the first of the family to make wine. Under Giuseppe, his son Giovanni and his grandson Luigi Giovanni the estate made only Dolcetto, sold locally and shipped in bulk to England. War and the vine pest phylloxera brought it to a standstill in the early 1940s. Angelo Sarotto and his wife Maria kept the family land going and added new grapes such as Moscato, Freisa and Barbera.
The modern estate starts in 1984, when Angelo's son Roberto finished wine school in Alba. Seven years later he bought a 20-hectare property in Barolo, about 28 football pitches, a purchase the family calls its turning point. Vineyards in Neive's leading sites followed over the next few years, which added Barbaresco to the range. In the early 1990s Roberto and his wife Aurora expanded to the Gavi area and set up a second cellar there for the Gavi wines. A Langhe Rosso made with the estate's Cabernet Sauvignon is named after their son Enrico. A Barbera d'Alba is named after their daughter Elena, born in 1998.
Today the family farms about 90 hectares across Piedmont's best-known zones. Neviglie is home, with the main cellar and the Moscato d'Asti vines. Mango grows the Arneis and the Alta Langa. Barolo comes from San Ponzio in Barolo itself and from Bergera-Pezzole and Pallaretta in Novello. Barbaresco comes from Gaia Principe, Currà and San Cristoforo in Neive. Gavi comes from Zerbetta in Gavi itself and from Parodi Ligure. Almost all of it is picked by hand.
The cellar's talking point is a barrel. In recent years the estate built a new ageing hall with 63 oak casks of 5,000 to 10,000 litres. Among them stands one giant: an oak barrel of 47,800 litres, nearly 64,000 bottles' worth. Garbellotto of Conegliano built it from Slavonian oak, about 5.3 metres high and 4.7 across, and about ten craftsmen took two weeks to fit it. Guinness World Records confirmed it as the largest oak barrel in the world on 2 July 2022. It holds the Barolo Riserva Ai Fondatori, first made from the 2016 vintage in about 60,000 bottles. One euro from every bottle goes to charity, first a cancer research foundation at Candiolo and then a federation for rare childhood diseases. The name means 'to the founders' and honours Angelo and Maria.
Seven generations on, Enrico and Elena lead the estate with Roberto and Aurora. The range is the classic Piedmont set: Barolo, Barbaresco, Barbera, Dolcetto, Langhe Arneis, Gavi and Moscato d'Asti, plus Alta Langa and other sparkling wines, Barolo Chinato and grappa.
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Winery
Roberto Sarotto
Neviglie, Cuneo · Langhe
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Visit & Experiences
1 bookable experience at Roberto Sarotto
1 tasting, checked by our editors.
Tasting & Tour
Roberto Sarotto, Neviglie
Guided tour and tasting at the Neviglie cellar
A guided walk through the cellar: the oak ageing hall, the bottling line, the steel tanks and the record 47,800-litre barrel. It ends with a tasting of six wines and a board of local cured meats and cheeses in the tasting room. Pick a day and time on the estate's own booking page.
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on visit.robertosarotto.com
Accommodation
Centro Storico, Neviglie
Centro Storico bed and breakfast in Neviglie
Four rooms in the village centre at Via Umberto I 8. Two doubles have a garden patio. The deluxe double and the deluxe triple have two terraces and a private Jacuzzi. Breakfast is included and stays are two nights minimum. Ask for dates through the form on the estate's page.
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Experience
Piazza Michele Ferrero 3/A, Alba
Wine bar, shop and family museum in Alba
At Piazza Michele Ferrero 3/A, in a mid-19th-century building where Alba's grape market was once held. Tastings and aperitifs with platters are served upstairs. An outdoor seating area opens from spring to late autumn. The shop and the family museum are in the old cellar below. The museum is self-guided with a digital guide in several languages, and shows old family photographs and historic vintages. Closed on Wednesdays.
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Plan your visit
Via Ronconuovo, 13, 12050 Neviglie, Cuneo (Piemonte)
What Roberto Sarotto makes
Roberto Sarotto's current bottle selection is led by Barbaresco DOCG. The clearest grape signal comes from Cortese and Arneis.
Common questions
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The winery is at Località Ronconuovo 13 in Neviglie, a village in the Langhe hills in the province of Cuneo. The family also runs a wine bar, shop and museum in Alba. They are at Piazza Michele Ferrero 3/A.
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