€40

per Person

Tasting on the tower Bel Sit winery

For a truly atmospheric tasting experience, we invite you to a tasting of Bel Sit wines on the ancient tower of Castagnole delle Lanze: you can enjoy the winery’s wines in front of a wonderful view and have the chance to discover the history of the village and its most iconic building.

TASTING ON THE CASTAGNOLE DELLE LANZE TOWER → €40.00

This is the most complete experience designed by Bel Sit, allowing you to taste their wines at the ancient tower of Castagnole delle Lanze located in the old village, a building dating back to 1880.

The wines offered:

• 25/9 rosé or Càllido white wine
• Barbera d’Asti DOCG La Turna
• Barbera d’Asti Superiore DOCG Cunsej
• Moscato d’Asti DOCG Biundurà

Accompanying wines

Guests will be served breadsticks and bread to enjoy between glasses, to cleanse the palate and fully appreciate each wine, along with tastings of local products from small local producers and a slice of hazelnut cake, a typical confectionery excellence of this area of Piedmont.

The Castagnole delle Lanze tower

The building is located in the highest part of the old village and dates back to 1880.

It was built at the request of Count Paolo Ballada di Saint Robert, who used it as a watchtower and observatory, but also as a shelter for his collection of plants and insects.

Count Ballada was a great enthusiast of entomology and botany, as well as an illustrious scholar of military technology.

When he moved to Turin in 1884, he left the ownership of the tower and the surrounding land to the Municipality of Castagnole, which fifty years later inaugurated the Parco della Rimembranza (Remembrance Park) on that land, dedicated to the fallen of Castagnole in the First World War.

The Bel Sit winery

You are in the historic home of Barbera d’Asti DOCG, and tradition has it that the production of Barbera di Castagnole delle Lanze, named after the municipality, began right here at this winery.

Andrea and Gianpiero Scavino, owners of Bel Sit, belong to a family of winegrowers. In 2019, they purchased the entire Bel Sit property, choosing to invest in Barbera d’Asti and the Castagnole delle Lanze area, the home of this historic wine.

This is a red wine that today stands as a product of excellence, earning the appreciation of critics and connoisseurs alike and holding its own among the great reds.