Luca Amerio is a youthful man whose quiet demeanor belies his inventive winemaking style. His family’s ancestral lands are situated in Moasca, a tiny village resting on the southern flank of the province of Asti. Moasca is that rare spot where Asti’s two iconic DOCG zones, Moscato d’Asti and Nizza Barbera, overlap. Now at the helm of his family’s estate, Luca draws from his family’s old-vine plantings in the heralded limestone-clay soils of Asti to produce both classic, appellation-based wines and fresh, appellation-defying bottlings. Chief among the latter is “Vino da Sete,” the estate’s edgy riff on vin de soif composed of Barbera, Freisa, and Sangiovese. Today, Luca’s professional training and his ingenuity are on thrilling display as Tenuta il Nespolo marches into a bright new era.