The Langhe and Roero climate
 Cold
and temperate is how experts describe the characteristic climate
of the annual development of the winegrowing cycle on the
Langa and Roero hills. Every year we see different changes
in the various atmospheric events that irrepeatably influence
the characteristics of each vintage.
Winter is a harsh and intensely cold season, often with heavy
snow, although to be honest this has happened rather sporadically
in recent years, leaving space for almost hot days completely
out of character with the season, so winter isn’t really
the season it used to be.
Spring and autumn are always rather “unpredictable”
and inconsistent, with sudden changes in the climatic situation.
This has become increasingly obvious in recent years, with
particularly mild winters followed by cold, wet springs, sometimes
with temperatures plummeting below zero and very heavy rainfall.
 Summer
is the hot season and it used to be much drier but has recently
become more humid, even on the hills where the wind should
normally mitigate the humidity which fills basins and valleys.
The arrival of providential, refreshing storms cools things
down, when they don’t bring hail, whipping and sometimes
ruining whole vineyards.
This constant alternation of fine and bad weather has a determining
influence on the final characteristics of the grapes and wine,
resulting in vintages which are sometimes exceptional, excellent
or good, and sometimes fair or even poor. Every vintage of
wine is different and will be unrepeatable. It may have a
longer or shorter cellar-life and may carry the characteristics
of its origins down through the years.
Climatic trend in recent years
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