Home » Winery » TimelineTimeline 1884 Clotilde Valente’s year of birth 1918 Great-grandmother Clotilde purchased Mombirone vineyard 1949 Year of birth of Marco Monchiero, grandchild of Clotilde 1950 Year of birth of Lucia Carbone, daughter of Cecu d’la Biunda 1961 First bottle of Barbera Monbirone Gran Cru 1975 Year of birth of Francesco Monchiero 1987 Purchase of the farmhouse-cellar of S.Stefano Roero 1990 First vintage Roero Superiore (current Roero Srü) 1994 Purchase of Printi vineyard First vintage Roero Arneis Recit 1995 Francesco Monchiero starts the business 1997 First vintage Roero Riserva Printi 2003 Birth of Lucia Monchiero 2004 Building the new underground cellar 2004 First vintage of Roero Arneis Cecu 2005 Birth of Luigi Monchiero Purchase of Renesio Incisa vineyard 2006 First purchase of land in Priocca, Bricco Genestreto 2010 Lucrezia, Francesco’s wife, join the team 2012 First vintage Roero Riserva Bricco Genestreto 2015 Purchase Srü vineyard, first rented 2016 First vintage Roero Arneis Renesio Incisa 2019 Renting 5 hectares cru Pioiero in Vezza d’Alba 2020 Creation of a new aging cellar for white wines