The Deltetto company was founded in 1953 by Carlo Deltetto in Canale, the historical centre of the Roero, a land separated from the Langhe by the river Tanaro. In a territory of great grape-growing tradition, Carlo immediately adopted a philosophy concerning the quality of the traditional vines like the Nebbiolo and Barbera without neglecting the Arneis and Favorita whites in their perfect habitat on the steep hills of the Roero.

In 1977, fresh with his diploma from the Oenological school in Alba, Carlo’s son Antonio arrived on the scene giving a new input into the company with different experiments in the cellar and a new way of working in the vine-yards but with maximum respect for tradition.

Today the company is still family run and there are now approx 20 hectares of vine-yards in the boroughs of Canale, Santo Stefano Roero and Castellinaldo. The production is equally divided between the reds and whites but with the Roero, the most important red in the area made with Nebbiolo grapes, and the Roero Arneis stand out from the crowd. Thanks to acknowledgements for the D.O.C.G. 2005 harvest, these wines are now considered to be amongst the most important in Italy.

With the passing of time the desire for something new has not waned and there are now an Arneis raisin wine, a late harvested Barbera, a great Barolo and last but not least, three spumanti wines made exclusively by the company and including a Rosé made from Nebbiolo grapes.

Above: Deltetto family
Left to right Claudia, Antonio, Carlo senior, Graziella,
Cristina and Carlo jr.