REGION: Piedmont

A small, family-run farm in Barbaresco totaling just 5 hectares, Carlo owns land in the famous crus of Ovello, Montefico, Cole and Asili. Spontaneous fermentation, long macerations and aging in large oak cask define this traditional estate. Since 2014 Dante Scaglione is the consulting enologist.

Cavallotto is the chief owner of the beautiful Bricco Boschis cru in Castiglione Falletto where they have bottled their own wine since 1948. Siblings Alfio, Giuseppe and Laura craft traditional, richly structured wines of great longevity, including their famed San Giuseppe and Vignolo Riservas.

Renato Cigliuti was an early pioneer of high quality Barbaresco in the early 1960’s when, to the shock of his neighbors, he began green harvesting, opting for quality over quantity. Today the family’s 7 hectares in Serraboella and Bricco di Neive is run by daughters Claudia and Silvia Cigliuti.

It was through a mutual love of horses that Ezio Cocito met a young Giorgio Rivetti, who eventually convinced him to replant his family’s Moscato vineyard in the Bric Micca cru of Neive to Nebbiolo. They’ve been crafting the Barbaresco ‘Baluchin’ (Piedmontese for ‘Star’) together since 2000.