The l’armangia world
In the L’Armangia world you have to be willing to play and experiment. This has been the case for us from the very beginning.
In the L’Armangia world you have to be willing to play and experiment. This has been the case for us from the very beginning.
L’Armangia was officially born in 1988 when my father, Giuseppe Giovine, handed over the family estate and told me to get to it.
L’Armangia was born, as the Piedmontese can confirm, out of a desire for a rematch, a vindication. We wanted to dispel the image of industrial production it had built up over the decades and bring Canelli up to the status of the great wine-producing localities.
Initially, we produced Chardonnay and Sauvignon. Today Giuliana and I also make Moscato and Barbera, managing more than 10 hectares of vineyards in the municipalities of Canelli, Moasca and San Marzano Oliveto with the help of our longtime collaborators Vangel and Dusko.
The future Canelli DOCG Moscato and Nizza DOCG are the very best expression of our land and we are sure that their success will establish our identity. For this reason, we take an active part in the two producers’ associations, thanks to which we have managed to obtain two independent DOCGs that best represent our ideas.
We embrace numerous responsibilities:
responsibility towards the environment
which translates into environmentally conscious agriculture – no chemical fertilizers or weedkillers, and a drastic reduction in pesticide use
responsibility to those who drink l’armangia
to enjoy a healthy and intact product
responsibility to those who work in the vineyards
whose health is our priority
responsability to those who distribute our wine
trusting us and the value that our brand delivers
responsibility to our children
to whom we owe all this, to whom we must teach all this
Our wineyards
The habitats of our main Vineyards
Castellero Vineyards
This is a group of individual contiguous vineyards having different soil and wind patterns. The central body faces south-southeast, strongly calcareous soil and constant daytime ventilation make it the ideal location for white grape varieties. Many hours of lights, especially in the morning, without high temperature peaks that would damage aromas and acidity.
Planted of Moscato d’Asti and in the lowest and coolest part to Sauvignon Blanc.
The eastern vineyard is Vigna Veraldi, facing south, with soil less suitable for Moscato as it is slightly more clayey and less calcareous, ventilated.
Planted to Nebbiolo, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot in the lower part.
Vineyards to the west face south, with less intense ventilation and dry limestone-clay soils, suitable for late-ripening, thermophilic vines such as Barbera, whose ripe fruit and color intensity they enhance; this is where Sopra Berruti comes from.
Vignali and Muda Vineyards
Group of neighboring vineyards located in Moasca, part on the west-southwest slope and part on the east/north/east slope that slopes gently from the hilltop towards Castelnuovo Calcea and the Rio Nizza.
In the Vignali vineyard exposed to the warm afternoon sun, the soil is clay and chalky, reddish in color. The resulting Barbera is powerful and alcoholic, with moderate acidity and aromas of plum and cherry, with balsamic and Mediterranean scrub notes.
In the mainly east-facing Muda vineyard, the soil varies from sandy calcareous to clayey, however poor in organic matter, also with a constant vocation for Barbera. Thanks to the variability of the soil we obtain fruity and colorful Barberas, with good structure and longevity and lively acidity. The particular exposure and gentle slope favor prolonged sunshine without reaching high temperature peaks.
The top is planted to Albarossa, the remaining part to Barbera.
Vignali and Muda Vineyards
Group of neighboring vineyards located in Moasca, part on the west-southwest slope and part on the east/north/east slope that slopes gently from the hilltop towards Castelnuovo Calcea and the Rio Nizza.
In the Vignali vineyard exposed to the warm afternoon sun, the soil is clay and chalky, reddish in color. The resulting Barbera is powerful and alcoholic, with moderate acidity and aromas of plum and cherry, with balsamic and Mediterranean scrub notes.
In the mainly east-facing Muda vineyard, the soil varies from sandy calcareous to clayey, however poor in organic matter, also with a constant vocation for Barbera. Thanks to the variability of the soil we obtain fruity and colorful Barberas, with good structure and longevity and lively acidity. The particular exposure and gentle slope favor prolonged sunshine without reaching high temperature peaks.
The top is planted to Albarossa, the remaining part to Barbera.
Pratorotondo Vineyard
A main vineyard is planted to Chardonnay (1978), clones with low productivity and high acid yield, north/west exposure, 10% slope, on the Hill of Sant’Antonio in Canelli.
Prolonged illumination due to the surrounding low orographic profile, but with good and constant ventilation.
Loamy/marly soil with strong alkalinity, very draining and poor in organic matter.
This is the optimal situation for making an aging white, with good acidity and minerality, complex and fruity.
With slightly more clayey soil, a second small vineyard from 1976, planted to Muscat, guarantees a red wine that is not very alcoholic but with very fruity and intense aromas.
Leiso or dell’Americano Vineyard
These are two Barbera vineyards, of equal characteristics, planted in 1934 and 2002 in San Marzano Oliveto.
The exposure is east-southeast, the slope is about 10%.
The soil varies from sandy limestone to predominantly clay/limestone, with frequent outcrop of gray marl, moderately draining, poor in organic matter in the deep layers.
Thanks to the exposure and ventilation, ripening is very linear and temperature peaks rarely result in quality damage. In addition, the clusters tend to be small, sparse and with small berries.
Leiso or dell’Americano Vineyard
These are two Barbera vineyards, of equal characteristics, planted in 1934 and 2002 in San Marzano Oliveto.
The exposure is east-southeast, the slope is about 10%.
The soil varies from sandy limestone to predominantly clay/limestone, with frequent outcrop of gray marl, moderately draining, poor in organic matter in the deep layers.
Thanks to the exposure and ventilation, ripening is very linear and temperature peaks rarely result in quality damage. In addition, the clusters tend to be small, sparse and with small berries.

Braglia Vineyard
Single vineyard located on the hill of Sant’Antonio in Canelli, planted in 1989, northwest exposure, clay-limestone soil, with orographic horizon favorable to prolonged sunshine and not very intense ventilation. We obtain mostly fresh and intensely fruity Chardonnay, with medium longevity and good acidity.

Cascine Ronco or dell’Annunziata Vineyard
The only vineyard planted to Barbera in 1931 in Località Annunziata in Moasca, about 200m above sea level.
The exposure is in Full West, the slope is 15% and the soil is clay-limestone, very saline. Thanks to the exposure and ventilation, a wine of good color and structure is obtained, with great fruit and violet aromas, sapid and of extraordinary elegance and drinkability.

Ritano Vineyard
Single Muscat vineyard, located on the hill of Sant’Antonio in Canelli, planted between 1950 and 1997, southern exposure, sandy and calcareous soil, with an orographic horizon favorable to prolonged sunshine. The result is a rich and structured Moscato d’Asti, with good overall alcohol content, candied fruit and sage aromas, and moderate acidity.
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Canelli
What to see in Canell and why visit us





For us Canelli represents a particular combination of soil and climate, with a rich wine heritage.
Two particular varietals have always coexisted here – Moscato bianco di Canelli and Barbera – which made the fortunes of our ancestors. Canelli is also the birthplace of Italian sparkling wine: back in 1865, thanks to Carlo Gancia, a tradition we are very proud of and to which we pay tribute by producing our Alta Langa Metodo Classico.
Canelli is also a travel destination of exceptional quality, whose landscape has been recently recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, near to both the terraced vineyards of the hills of the Alta Langa in Asti and the rolling hills of the lower Belbo Valley.
Not to mention the heartbreaking beauty of the old part of the city, which stands above the historic cellars, dug like underground cathedrals, tunneling all the way up to Gancia Castle beneath the steep cobbled alleys, churches and ancient walls.