Historical Praise
The Lagrein from Roverè della Luna has been famous (in literature) since the seventeenth century
A Lagrein from Roverè della Luna, which was supposed to be better than
those of the surrounding villages, was mentioned by the travel writer
Max Sittich von Wolkenstein as early as the seventeenth century. So the
bar for the Cantina Sociale Roverè della Luna, the
northernmost in Trentino, was therefore set high. For the 270 members of
today, that is more of a motivation than a burden.
Roverè della
Luna is situated just south of the Chiusa di Salorno cleft on a
limestone cone. Even though the Adige Valley has been predestined for
winegrowing, the conditions here are rather rough. “Gravel and limestone
don’t hold water very well,” says Carlo Alberto Gasperi, winemaker at the Cantina Roverè della Luna,
“so the vines only grow here with difficulty.” But what is a challenge
for grapevines and winegrowers is for him a stroke of luck: “Because of
the slow growth, an especially fruity wine comes into existence,” the
winemaker says.
The Cantina Sociale Roverè della Luna was
already founded as early as 1919, at that time with 24 winegrowers with
great foresight. Today, the cooperative has 270 members who tend no
fewer than 420 hectares of grape growing areas and, aside from the
aforementioned literarily immortalized Roverè della Luna Lagrein, they
also grow Teroldego, Pinot Grigio, Pinot Noir, Schiava, Gewürztraminer, Chardonnay, and Müller Thurgau.
In
all of the still and sparkling wines from the Cantina Roverè della
Luna, the terroir and its properties can be tasted, having been finished
in a modern, rational winery. With a view forward, but also back to the
roots of the cooperative. As is fitting for wines for which a literary
monument was already put up four hundred years ago.