Beiva | Roero, Piedmont
Roero has always had the raw materials… pale, sandy soils, altitude, and natural aromatic lift - but only recently has a younger generation begun to articulate the region with real confidence. Beiva sits firmly at the front of that movement. Led by Lorenzo Beiva, the project treats Roero not as a satellite of Barolo, but as a region with its own voice, cadence, and relevance.
Lorenzo’s approach is sharp and detail-driven. There’s a modern sensibility here, but not a fashionable one. Precision replaces excess. Decisions are measured. The aim is clarity of expression rather than weight or winemaking signature. Roero’s sandy, friable soils do much of the work, delivering wines with immediacy, fragrance, and supple structure - qualities that Beiva amplifies rather than restrains.
Sprunet is Roero in high definition. Bright cherry fruit, rose petal, and fine mineral tension lead, carried by tannins that frame the wine rather than dominate it. There’s movement and energy throughout, a red that feels agile and articulate, making a clean, persuasive case for Roero Nebbiolo as something distinct, not derivative. It’s a wine built on transparency and drinkability, without sacrificing seriousness.
Divagazione Prima reveals another side of Lorenzo’s thinking. A macerated white handled with restraint, it delivers texture and grip without drifting into heaviness or oxidative excess. Floral, saline, and incisive, it shows an understanding of balance that many skin-contact wines miss. The structure is intentional, the finish controlled, the impression lasting.
Beiva gives us exactly what we look for in modern Roero: youthful intent, technical confidence, and wines that feel alive rather than styled. This is a producer focused on expression over posture, substance over noise, and one we see as central to Roero’s next chapter.