Rocchetta Belbo
Rocchetta Belbo is a municipality with 180 inhabitants (as at 31 December 2012) in the Italian province of Cuneo (CN ), Region Piedmont.
Geography
The village lies on the edge of Alta Langa about 60 km southeast of Turin at the headwaters Belbo ( river system of the Po). The municipality covers an area of 4 km ².
The neighboring municipalities are Castino Cossano Belbo, Mango ( Piedmont) and Vesime.
Specialty
In Rocchetta Belbo are vines for the Dolcetto d' Alba, grown a red wine with DOC status. The berries of the grape varieties Pinot Noir and Chardonnay may be processed for sparkling wine Alta Langa. The Muscat grape for the Asti Spumante, a sweet DOCG sparkling wine with a low alcohol content and for still wine Moscato d' Asti is also grown here.