The Vineyards

Ausblick aus dem Hof Socré, Barbaresco Camplungh Weinberg, in Cisterna

The vineyards in Barbaresco (about three hectares) are just below Socré’s wine cellar, and are the heart and soul of the business. Coming from Alba, they are about a kilometre before the hamlet Tre Stelle, and have incredible views. The land slopes downwards quite steeply, with western and southern exposure; the land’s altitude is between 250 and 290m above sea level. The earth is mainly clayey, with a limestone base and sharp alkaline reaction.

In Cisterna d’Asti (between the Monferrato area and the Roero area), apart from the traditional, barbera, croatina and arneis vines, you’ll also find newer vineyards growing cabernet sauvignon and melot. The land around Cisterna d’Asti slopes downwards with southern to eastern exposure and an altitude between 240m and 270 a.s.l. The earth is clayey on a limestone base.
There are about 2 hectares of Socré’s vineyards in Cisterna D’Asti.

Barbera, dolcetto, nebbiolo and bussanello ( a variation of a white grape born from Riesling Italico and furmint) are all cultivated in Alba.

A few kilometres from Barbaresco, lies the new and important vineyard in Neviglie , which is about 4 hectares. Apart from older vineyards (being moscato and dolcetto), new vineyards have been planted baring nebbiolo, barbera, dolcetto, merlot, syrah, chardonnay and sauvignon blanc. It has a southern to eastern exposure and the land is extremely steep sloping downhill. The altitude here beats Barbaresco’s as it’s between 300 and 350m a.s.l.