DOCG Red

Coppo Camp du Rouss Barbera d'Asti DOCG

Casa Vinicola Coppo

Grape
Barbera
Denomination
Barbera d'Asti DOCG
Region
Piedmont
ABV
15%
Drink
2023: 2026 to 2031

Coppo's Camp du Rouss is a Barbera d'Asti DOCG from hills south of Asti, hand-picked and aged a year in small oak barrels. Ripe red fruit, vanilla and spice, with 15% alcohol on the 2023 label. Two shops sell it here at about £20.

Best price
£19.50

2023 · 75cl · checked 1 Nov · Delivery charge shown at checkout

Vintages 2024 2023

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Where to buy Barbera d'Asti DOCG Camp du Rouss Coppo

£19.50 best price · 1 retailer with 75cl · 2023 in stock · checked 1 Nov 2026

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XtraWine Best price 2023 · 75cl · checked 1 Nov · Delivery charge shown at checkout
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£19.50 £26.00/L
Vino.com Best price 2024 · 75cl · checked 1 Nov · Delivery usually £16.90, free over £129 Code WINE6R8T: £17 off your first wine order with £180 minimum spend, until 13 Jan 2028
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£20.30 £27.07/L

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Tasting Notes

Tasting Coppo's Camp du Rouss: ripe red fruit and a year in oak

Coppo has made Camp du Rouss since 1985 from Barbera vines 200 to 250 metres up in the hills south of Asti. The 2023 label reads 15% alcohol.

Tasted by
ItalianWines editorial
Tasted on
20 October 2026
Vintage in glass
2023
Source
Drinker consensus · confidence Medium
Typical of Barbera
Body Light / Full
Tannins Smooth / Grippy
Sweetness Dry / Sweet
Acidity Soft / Crisp
Nose

Ripe red fruit leads: cherry and raspberry, with red plum and a touch of cocoa behind them. A year in small oak barrels brings vanilla. Oak is the note drinkers mention most, with leather, pepper and liquorice behind it. Coppo's own sheet puts it in three words, ripe red fruit, and that is the heart of it.

CherryCherry
PlumPlum
RaspberryRaspberry
LeatherLeather
OakOak
Black pepperBlack pepper
LiquoriceLiquorice
VanillaVanilla
Palate

Firmly built, yet fresh: Barbera keeps its acidity even at 15% alcohol. The tannins are silky rather than grippy, so it drinks well young. The vines grow on clay and limestone soil with a lot of silt. They sit 200 to 250 metres up, on slopes facing south and south-west.

Finish

Long and fresh, with the acidity running through the last of the fruit. "A long finish is enlivened by a vibrant streak of acidity," Decanter's tasters wrote of the 2023 in a paid-for feature, scoring it 93 points.

Overall

One of Coppo's six Barbera labels, which run from Camp du Rouss up to Pomorosso, and made since 1985. Drinkers rate the 2020 to 2023 vintages much the same and name the oak before the fruit. Open it from 2026 and drink it by 2031, with porcini risotto or pasta in a meat sauce.

Drink now Best by 2031
Live UK pricing

Two shops sell Camp du Rouss here, one with the 2023 and one with the 2024

The 2023 is £19.50 from one shop and the 2024 about £20 from the other. The choice is the vintage rather than the price. Both are standard 75 cl bottles; Coppo's magnums and three-litre bottles are not on this page.

Best price · 75 cl · 2023 £19.50 at XtraWine
75cl · 2023 available from XtraWine £19.50, in stock
Vintages live 2024 · 2023 Current release: 2024
Per-litre (75cl · 2023 basis) £26.00 Lowest current 75cl · 2023 offer
Last checked 1 Nov 2026 Refreshed once every 24 hours
Other vintages and formats: 1 price line

75cl · 2024: £20.30, 1 UK retailer

Wine fit score

Where Camp du Rouss fits: food first, then an easy first Barbera

Food is the strongest card: Barbera acidity and silky tannin take on tomato sauces, mushrooms, braises and hard cheese. Beginner comes next, because the ripe cherry fruit and vanilla make it easy to like. Value sits close behind, at about £20 for a hand-picked, oak-aged Barbera.

Best with food 8.5/10

Fresh Barbera acidity, silky tannin and ripe fruit at 15% alcohol: a red for tomato sauces, mushrooms, braises and hard cheese. Raw fish is the one thing to keep away.

Best intro to this style 7.2/10

Ripe cherry fruit, vanilla from the oak and soft tannin make it easy to like. The 15% alcohol and the oaky style are the only things a first-time Barbera drinker might find big.

Best value 6.8/10

At £19.50 for the 2023 and about £20 for the 2024 it sits at the middle of the Barbera d'Asti prices on this site; half cost less. For a hand-picked, oak-aged wine, that is fair.

Best for an occasion 6.0/10

A DOCG Barbera from a house founded in 1892, with UNESCO-listed cellars. At about £20 it is a confident bottle to bring to dinner rather than a grand one.

Best for cellar 5.5/10

Twelve months in oak and a window to 2031 give the 2023 about five years, not fifteen. A wine to drink over the next few years rather than lay down.

Best everyday bottle 4.8/10

About £20 and 15% alcohol make it a weekend bottle rather than a Tuesday one. Its soft tannin means it needs no special dish.

Scoring is rule-based and deterministic. The model and weightings are documented in our Wine Fit Score methodology.

Denomination Compliance Snapshot

Barbera d'Asti in five fields

A compact view of what the Barbera d'Asti denomination actually requires, and how this bottle sits inside it. Pulled from the official Italian disciplinare.

Allowed grapes
1 varieties listed
This bottle: Barbera.
Minimum ageing
4 months minimum
No oak ageing required.
Region / area
The province of Asti and part of the province of Alessandria: hillside sites only, on clay, silt, sand and limestone soils, mostly between 150 and 400 metres and never above 650; valley-floor, damp and poorly exposed land is excluded.
Source: Disciplinare.
Style
DOCG · Barbera d'Asti
Minimum ABV at this colour: 12.0%.
Classification
DOCG (Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita)
Vintages

The 2023 and 2024 Camp du Rouss: a dry year, then a wet one

The 2023's drinking window runs from 2026 to 2031. We give the 2024, a far wetter year in the Asti hills, 2026 to 2030. Neither is a wine to hurry: both open from 2026.

2024 Current release
Best price
£20.30
Retailers
1 in stock
Window
Drink now through 2030

The rain came back to the Asti hills in 2024 after two dry years. It fell from February to May and again from mid-September, with a warm, dry spell from mid-June to mid-September in between. The Barbera harvest fell in a run of showers and dry days. We would open the 2024 from 2026 and drink it by 2030.

2023 Previous release
Best price
£19.50
Retailers
1 in stock
ABV
15.0%
Window
Drink now through 2031

A hot, dry summer in the Asti hills, with little rain until the end of August and picking about a week early. The 2023 label reads 15% alcohol. Tasted blind for a paid-for Decanter feature published in October 2026, the 2023 scored 93 points with a drinking window of 2026 to 2031.

Drink-now / hold guidance reflects general style cues for this wine, not a forecast for a specific bottle. Where vintage-level editorial notes exist, they appear above.

The disciplinare, the place, the label

Barbera d'Asti DOCG and the Coppo cellars under Canelli

Coppo has made wine in Canelli since 1892. Its underground cellars there have been on the UNESCO World Heritage list since 2014, and every Coppo wine ages in them. Barbera d'Asti DOCG covers hillside vineyards only, with at least 12% alcohol and four months of ageing. Camp du Rouss gives it twelve months in oak and 15%.

01

DOC, DOCG, IGT: what the badges mean

Italian wine law sorts bottles into a pyramid. DOCG sits at the top: tightly drawn boundaries, prescribed grapes, mandatory ageing, government tasting before release. DOC is the same idea with looser thresholds. IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) is broader still, requiring only that 85% of the grapes come from the named territory.

Barbera d'Asti is in the DOCG tier. That is not a quality verdict, it is a description of how much freedom the producer has at vinification and ageing.

02

The denomination rules, in detail

  • Allowed grapes. 1 varieties listed in the disciplinare
  • Yield ceiling. 9.0 tonnes per hectare
  • Minimum ABV. 12.0% vol
  • Minimum ageing. 4 months total
  • Tasting panel. Mandatory pre-release tasting commission
03

Region and area context

Barbera d'Asti falls within Piedmont, covering The province of Asti and part of the province of Alessandria: hillside sites only, on clay, silt, sand and limestone soils, mostly between 150 and 400 metres and never above 650; valley-floor, damp and poorly exposed land is excluded.. The denomination is further divided into 2 sub-zones.

Wine appellations of Piedmont

Made at Casa Vinicola Coppo, Canelli.

04

Reading the label

  • Casa Vinicola CoppoProducer / estate
  • BarberaGrape varieties
  • Barbera d'Asti DOCGGeographic indication and quality tier
  • 2024Vintage (year of harvest)
  • 75 clBottle size
05

What sits behind the price of Barbera d'Asti DOCG Camp du Rouss Coppo

Tracked from
£19.50
Direction
Mostly cost up
Drivers
3 up / 2 down
Main factor
UK duty and VAT on a 15% red
  1. 01

    UK duty and VAT on a 15% red

    Cost up

    Of the £19.50 the page prints for the 2023, about £6.69 is tax. That is £3.44 of UK duty at the 15% alcohol on the label, and £3.25 of VAT.

  2. 02

    Hand-picking with selection in the vineyard

    Cost up

    Coppo picks Camp du Rouss by hand in September, keeps only the healthiest, ripest bunches and carries them in 20 kg crates. That labour sits inside the price.

  3. 03

    Twelve months in small oak barrels

    Cost up

    The Barbera d'Asti rules ask four months of ageing. Coppo gives Camp du Rouss twelve, in small oak barrels in its UNESCO-listed cellars under Canelli. Barrels and cellar time sit in the price.

  4. 04

    The plain Barbera d'Asti of a house whose top wines are Nizza DOCG

    Cost down

    Coppo's six Barbera labels run from Camp du Rouss up to Pomorosso, a Nizza DOCG that sells for several times the price. Camp du Rouss is the first name on that list and is priced like it.

  5. 05

    Two shops, two vintages, a narrow spread

    Cost down

    Two shops sell it on this page, the 2023 at £19.50 and the 2024 at about £20. That is a narrow spread: the two prices sit less than a pound apart.

01

UK duty and VAT on a 15% red

Cost up

Of the £19.50 the page prints for the 2023, about £6.69 is tax. That is £3.44 of UK duty at the 15% alcohol on the label, and £3.25 of VAT.

Perfect Pairings

Dishes that go with this wine

Food Pairing

Pasta with beans, porcini risotto, chicken cacciatore: Coppo's own pairings

Coppo's list for Camp du Rouss is pasta e fagioli, risotto with porcini mushrooms and chicken cacciatore. What makes them work is the acidity Barbera keeps even at 15% alcohol. It cuts the beans and the butter in the risotto and meets the tomato in the chicken.

Acidity matching Strong match

Tomato and meat sauces on pasta

Barbera's acidity matches the acidity of tomato, so neither tastes sour next to the other. The ripe fruit and silky tannin of Camp du Rouss sit under a slow-cooked meat sauce without fighting it. Pasta e fagioli, pasta and bean soup, is the first dish on Coppo's own list.

Try with: Ragu alla bolognese · Lasagna · Pasta alla Norma · Agnolotti del Plin · More pairings →

Aromatic bridge Strong match

Porcini mushroom risotto and truffle pasta

A year in oak gives Camp du Rouss leather, spice and a touch of cocoa, the same earthy register as porcini and truffle. The fruit stays bright enough to lift a buttery risotto. Risotto with porcini is on Coppo's own list for this wine.

Try with: Porcini mushroom risotto · Truffle risotto · Tajarin al Tartufo · Tagliatelle al tartufo di Acqualagna · More pairings →

Fat cutting Good match

Braised beef and slow roasts

Fat and long cooking call for a red with fresh acidity and weight, and this Barbera has both at 15% alcohol. The acidity cuts through the richness of a braise, and the ripe fruit matches the sweetness of slow-cooked meat.

Try with: Brasato al Barolo · Ossobuco alla Milanese · Bollito dei Pastori · Sunday Roast Beef · More pairings →

Tannin softening Good match

Chicken cacciatore and roast birds

Chicken cooked with tomato, olives and herbs, cacciatore style, is the third dish on Coppo's list for this wine. The meat softens what tannin there is, and the sauce meets the wine's acidity head on. Roast chicken or duck with a pan gravy works the same way.

Try with: Roast chicken · Roast Duck · Duck breast · Cotoletta alla bolognese

Salt balance Good match

Hard cheeses and cured meats

Salt in an aged cheese or a slice of cured meat tames tannin and takes the edge off 15% alcohol. The fruit in this Barbera then tastes riper. A piece of hard cheese with Camp du Rouss at the end of a meal is the simplest match on this page.

Try with: Cheese board · Strong cheddar cheese · Pecorino sardo e pan carasau · Gnocco fritto

Avoid Clash

Raw fish, oysters and delicate white fish

Tannin and 15% alcohol meet raw or lightly cooked seafood and turn metallic and bitter, and the oak flattens the fish. Keep Camp du Rouss for meat, mushrooms and cheese. For oysters pour a dry Italian white such as Gavi, which Coppo also makes.

Skip with: Oysters · Nigiri Sushi · Scottish Smoked Salmon · Steamed sea bass · Ceviche · Pairing guide →

Drinking + cellar

Keeping Camp du Rouss: five years, not fifteen

The 2023's window ends in 2031. Coppo lists half bottles, magnums and three-litre bottles as well as the 75 cl. The two shops here sell only the 75 cl. Open the 2023 and the 2024 from 2026.

Drinking window
2023: 2026 to 2031

For the main offer above.

Decanting
30 minutes

A short splash decant softens the first-pour edge and opens the aromatics.

Serving temperature
16-18°C

Aim for the cooler end on a warm day; warmer end opens up more aromatics.

Cellar potential
Medium

Twelve months in oak and a window to 2031 give the 2023 about five years, not fifteen. A wine to drink over the next few years rather than lay down.

Buy now or wait?
Buy now

£19.50 for a 75cl bottle of the 2023, at XtraWine, is the best price we track, and we have no signal of further discounting.

Sources & trust

Sources for this Camp du Rouss page

Prices & stock

Read directly from each retailer’s public product page once a day. Last refresh: 1 Nov 2026, 07:42 BST. We do not hold stock and we do not accept payment for placement.

Confidence · High
Tasting notes

Drawn from what drinkers consistently report on Vivino, summarised in our own words. A crowd read across many tasters, not a single critic. Drinkers score it 3.9 out of 5 from 10,602 ratings on Vivino.

Confidence · Medium
Appellation rules & ageing

From the official Italian disciplinare for this denomination, cross-checked against the Ministry of Agriculture register.

Confidence · High
Why it costs what it costs

Our reading of the price, from how this wine is made, the rules of its appellation, UK duty and VAT and the price shops charge for it today. Not a quote from the producer or a retailer.

Confidence · Medium
Drink window & cellar potential

Style guidance for this kind of wine at this price point. Treat it as advice, not a forecast for the bottle in your hand.

Confidence · Medium
Related

Coppo, Barbera d'Asti and Piedmont: the pages around this wine

Common Questions

"Field of the red-haired man" in Piedmontese dialect: "camp" is a vineyard and "du rouss" means of the red-haired one. Coppo named the wine after the first owner of the vineyards, who had red hair.

100% Barbera. The vines grow on slopes facing south and south-west, 200 to 250 metres up in the hills south of Asti. The soil is clay and limestone with a lot of silt. The wine carries the Barbera d'Asti DOCG name.

The grapes are picked by hand in September, choosing the healthiest and ripest bunches in the vineyard, and carried in 20 kg crates. The wine ferments on its skins with short, gentle pump-overs and then spends twelve months in small oak barrels. Coppo has made it since 1985.

The 2023 label reads 15% alcohol. Drink the 2023 between 2026 and 2031, the window given with its 93 points in a paid-for Decanter feature of October 2026. We would give the 2024 until 2030. Serve it at 16 to 18 C.

Two shops sell it on this page: one has the 2023 at £19.50, the other the 2024 at about £20. The choice is the vintage rather than the price. Coppo also makes half bottles, magnums and three-litre bottles, but both shops here sell the standard 75 cl.

Coppo's own list is pasta e fagioli, risotto with porcini mushrooms and chicken cacciatore. Its fresh acidity and silky tannin also suit tomato and meat sauces on pasta, braised beef and hard cheese. Keep it away from raw fish and oysters.

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Barbera d'Asti DOCG Camp du Rouss Coppo