Traditionalist Castiglione Falletto estate founded in 1863, farming organically uncertified. Four single-cru Barolos in a classic, long-maceration style at fair prices.
Tip: Quietly one of the best traditional addresses in Castiglione Falletto; ask the family for the Rocche di Castiglione, their most ethereal cru.
Address: Via del Grosso 5, 12060 Castiglione Falletto, Italy, Piedmont
Castiglione Falletto estate farming a 25-hectare single block at Bricco Boschis organically since the 1970s. Late-released, age-worthy traditional Barolo at honest prices.
Tip: The Riserva Vignolo and Bricco Boschis San Giuseppe age for decades; cellar releases mean you can still buy mature vintages at the estate.
Castiglione Falletto estate farming a 25-hectare single block at Bricco Boschis organically since the 1970s. Late-released, age-worthy traditional Barolo at honest prices.
Tip: The Riserva Vignolo and Bricco Boschis San Giuseppe age for decades; cellar releases mean you can still buy mature vintages at the estate.
Historic Verduno estate founded around 1850, famous for foot-trodden Barolo Monvigliero and the rare peppery Verduno Pelaverga grown almost nowhere else.
Tip: Monvigliero allocations vanish; the Verduno Pelaverga is the affordable, spicy curiosity to take home from the cellar instead.
Respected Monforte natural grower farming organically and biodynamically (uncertified) since 2004. Whole-cluster, low-sulfite Barolo from Ravera and Boscareto.
Tip: Visits to the Via Alba cellar are by appointment; the entry Dolcetto Sant'Anna shows the no-sulfite-added natural style at a low price.
Fourth-generation Scurzolengo estate making native-yeast, nothing-added natural wine. A rare champion of old-vine Grignolino and the obscure Ruche grape.
Tip: Few places take Grignolino and Ruche seriously; Tavijn's are the cult natural versions, sold mostly through tiny importers, so buy at the cellar.
Small La Morra family estate at Santa Maria with own-rooted Galina vines from 1922. Traditional, affordable Barolo and a house-made Barolo Chinato.
Tip: Ask for the Galina from the pre-phylloxera own-rooted parcel, and a glass of their Barolo Chinato to finish.
Five-and-a-half hectares on the Tre Stelle cru of Barbaresco, farmed organically by the Sobrino brothers. Native-yeast, low-sulfite Nebbiolo of rare perfume and delicacy.
Tip: Visits are by appointment with the family; ask to taste Tre Stelle beside Rio Sordo to read two adjacent crus side by side.
