Founded in Canelli in 1892, Coppo is a Monferrato house known for the barrique-aged Pomorosso Barbera and traditional-method sparkling wines, cellaring in UNESCO-listed tufa caves.
Signature wines: pomorosso-barbera-dasti, coppo-riserva-spumante, moncalvina-moscato-dasti
Address: Via Alba 68, 14053 Canelli AT, Italy, Piedmont
Roberto Voerzio set up on his own in 1986 and became famous for radically low yields and meticulous viticulture, producing concentrated, sought-after single-cru Barolo from La Morra.
Tasting: Small low-yield estate; visits strictly by appointment in La Morra.
Signature wines: barolo-la-serra, barolo-brunate, barolo-cerequio
Elio Altare led the Barolo Boys modernist movement from the 1970s, introducing rotary fermenters and barrique ageing at Cascina Nuova. The La Morra estate is now run by daughter Silvia.
Tasting: Visits and tastings by appointment at Cascina Nuova in the Annunziata hamlet of La Morra.
Signature wines: barolo-arborina, barolo-cerretta, langhe-larigi
Founded in 1976, Domenico Clerico was a leading Barolo modernist, building a sleek Monforte cellar and crafting concentrated single-vineyard Barolo such as Ciabot Mentin and Pajana.
Tasting: Modern winery with tastings by appointment in the Manzoni hamlet of Monforte d'Alba.
Signature wines: barolo-ciabot-mentin, barolo-pajana, barolo-percristina
A small, fiercely traditional Barolo house in the village itself, now led by Maria Teresa Mascarello, producing a single blended Barolo from four crus and the famous hand-drawn labels.
Tasting: Tiny traditionalist cellar in the village of Barolo; visits by appointment only.
Signature wines: barolo-bartolo-mascarello, barbera-dalba-bartolo-mascarello, dolcetto-dalba
Founded in 1881, Giuseppe Mascarello e Figlio is renowned for the Monprivato cru in Castiglione Falletto, a benchmark of traditional, long-lived Barolo, cellared today at Monchiero.
Tasting: Historic cellar in Monchiero; visits and tastings by appointment.
Signature wines: barolo-monprivato, barolo-villero, barolo-santo-stefano-di-perno
One of the oldest landowning families in the Langhe, Cordero di Montezemolo farms the Monfalletto estate in La Morra and the Villero cru, making refined, classically styled Barolo.
Tasting: Tastings and direct sales at the Monfalletto estate in La Morra, beneath its landmark cedar of Lebanon.
Signature wines: barolo-monfalletto, barolo-enrico-vi, barolo-gorette