Azienda Agricola Simone Cerruti

Simone Cerruti's farmhouse was born at the end of the XIX century in Castiglione Tinella, in the Langhe protected by Unesco as a heritage site. Simone Cerruti represents the fourth generation of a family of vine-growers, starting his first vinification with the harvest of 2014. Their business is very small: 3,5 hectares on top of one of the oldest hills of the village. All their work is carried out by hand and they don’t use chemical weeding. For this reason, this kind of agriculture is called “heroic agriculture”: these vineyards require about three times the work of the other vineyards. The winery has a total production of 4500 bottles, and in addition to the activity of viticulture, it boasts a holiday farmhouse with two rooms and an agri-camping with a pool and other services.

The best-known wines made with the Moscato Bianco di Canelli grape are Moscato d’Asti, Asti, and Asti secco, which are part of the denomination of controlled and guaranteed origin. Unfortunately, these wines are often linked to industrial production, which led people to have a low-quality perception of them. Simone is one of the small producers who believe in Moscato and produce great wines, with obsessive attention to detail and surprising results: a careful work both in the vineyard and in the cellar results in better quality and the production of other wines like EsCAMOtage, their dry, still white wine. There are also other wines like the passiti, the Metodo Classico, the refermented wines, and the Moscato Chinato: these wines aren’t part of the DOCG but will leave you incredibly surprised!