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Barolo, seen from La MorraPhoto: Christoph Strässler, CC BY-SA 2.0
The House

A house of denominations.

Since 2003, Covalli has gone to the places that made Italy’s great wines famous. Barolo from the hills of the Langhe. Amarone from the slopes above Verona. Prosecco from the plains of the Veneto. One house, one signature, and every bottle held to the strict rules of its own denomination.

The Record

Twenty-three years, documented.

The house lets the critics do the talking. From the first use of the Covalli name in 2003 to the latest review, here is every milestone and every score, each with its publication, its vintage and its date.

  1. 31 March2003

    First documented commercial use of the Covalli name.

  2. 30 September2003

    First use of the Covalli name in United States commerce.

  3. 27 April2010

    The Covalli word mark for wine is registered.

  4. 2020

    The word mark is renewed for a second decade.

  5. 5 February2021
    • The Washington Post gives the Prosecco Rosé an “Excellent” designation.
  6. 22 October2021
  7. 19 June2023
  8. 19 January2024
    • Decanter Magazine reviews the 2019 Barolo at 91 points.
  9. 1 May2024
  10. 1 November2024
  11. 18 November2024
  12. 2 January2025
  13. 23 July2025
  14. 22 September2025
  15. 30 September2025
  16. 16 December2025
  17. 2026

    The range extends past wine: Limoncello at 25%, an Aperitivo Spritz at 11%, and two ready-to-drink spritzes.

  18. 1 April2026
  19. 9 June2026
    • James Suckling reviews the 2025 Gavi at 89 points.
The Regions

Two regions, worked differently.

Steep vineyard rows curving across a hillside toward a distant village
Between Monforte and Serralunga d'Alba, Piemonte · Photo: Christoph Strässler, CC BY-SA 2.0

Piemonte

Nebbiolo, Barbera, Dolcetto and Cortese from the hills of Alba, Asti and Gavi. Clayey, calcareous soils; long maturation in large oak.

Barolo DOCG · Barbaresco DOCG

Green vine-covered hills rolling away under a pale sky
Soave hills, Veneto · Photo: Alessandro Pighi, CC BY-SA 4.0

Veneto

Corvina Veronese, Corvinone and Rondinella dried in ventilated rooms on the hills north of Verona. Glera from Treviso, Padova and Venice.

Amarone DOCG · Prosecco DOC

The Ground

The guarantee is the denomination.

Every Covalli denomination is a promise written into Italian law. The name on the label says where the grapes grew, which grape went in and how long the wine waited before it reached the glass. Pour one, and the place comes with it.

Piemonte

Barolo

The longest wait in the house: Nebbiolo held in cellar until the tannins turn velvety.

Barolo DOCG

The production area runs across Barolo, Serralunga d’Alba and Castiglione Falletto, with parts of La Morra, Monforte, Verduno, Novello, Grinzane Cavour, Diano d’Alba, Cherasco and Roddi. Extended ageing is mandatory before release.

Piemonte

Barbaresco

Nebbiolo from Barbaresco and Neive, two years older than the vintage on the label before it is poured.

Barbaresco DOCG

Barbaresco, Neive, Treiso and part of Alba. A minimum of two years’ ageing, of which at least nine months in oak, and longer again for Riserva.

Piemonte

Langhe Nebbiolo

Nebbiolo without the wait. The Langhe bottling to open on a weeknight.

Langhe DOC

Ninety-six municipalities. The denomination exists so that growers can allocate their Nebbiolo by quality and by the bottling it is intended for.

Piemonte

Monferrato Nebbiolo

Nebbiolo and Barbera off an old sea floor, built for the table rather than the cellar.

Monferrato DOC

Hill country left behind by the retreat of the sea from what became the Po valley. The older white soils give fuller, longer-lived wines; the Asti sands mature faster.

Piemonte

Gavi

Cortese from the marl bands of south-eastern Piemonte. Dry, taut, served cold.

Gavi DOCG

Roughly 1,600 hectares across eleven municipalities of south-eastern Piemonte, in three bands: northern red clay and gravel, a central belt of marl and sandstone, white clay marls toward the Apennines.

Tre Venezie

Pinot Grigio

Alpine nights hold the acidity in place. Drink it young and well chilled.

delle Venezie DOC

A north-eastern zone shaped by the Adige, Brenta, Piave, Tagliamento and Isonzo. Calcareous deposits, gravel and sand that drain well; Alpine nights hold the acidity in place.

Veneto

Prosecco Extra Dry

Glera from Treviso, Padova and Venice, poured at 6–8 °C. The house aperitivo.

Prosecco DOC

Nine provinces across the Veneto and Friuli Venezia Giulia. Largely alluvial, clay-loam soils; the Alps hold off the northern cold and the Adriatic sets the rainfall.

Veneto

Amarone della Valpolicella

Grapes dried before pressing, on the hills north of Verona. The fullest wine the house makes.

Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG

The hills north of Verona. The grapes are dried before they are pressed, and the finished wine must reach the denomination’s minimum strength before it may be called Amarone.

Photo Credits

The regional photographs on this site show the areas the wines come from. They are not photographs of the house or its vineyards. Each is used under the licence named, resized and otherwise unchanged.