REGION: Piedmont

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.