Tenuta Carretta

📸 Tenuta Carretta

  • The name Carretta was originally believed to derive from the celtic ‘car’, meaning ‘stone’, referring to an outcrop close to the estate.

    Recent research, however, has uncovered a document in the Guarene archives (📸 Tenuta Carretta), wherein a certain domina (noblewoman) Careta sells land near Piobesi d’Alba in 1353. There’s an even earlier reference (1334) to a different Careta Costanzi, believed to be her grandmother.

    In a contract of 1467 the landowner, Damiano Piobesi, authorised the Porrini brothers to work and harvest on Cassina Careta, and it is here that the modern story begins.

    You can pick up the story (and check out some nice photos) on the fascinating and well-researched Tenuta Carretta website.

  • Modern-day Tenuta Carretta is a beauitful place to visit, whether for a tasting, to stay in the charming hotel, or to eat at Michelin-starred Flavio Costa 21.9.

    MTW customers do all three as part of the Borderlands I self-guided walk from Bra to Alba, or by request within our 3, 4 or 5-day small group accompanied trips to the region.

    UK customers wishing to buy Tenuta Carretta’s excellent wines – which include Roero, Barolo, Barbaresco and Nizza bottlings – should contact James.

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