Italy

Langhe

Langhe is a wine region in Italy. A hilly zone in southern Piedmont whose long-lived reds come from a patchwork of small named vineyards.

Where it is

Map data: Candiago; Natural Earth

Barolo
A group of hillside villages in Piedmont known for powerful, high-tannin red wines with long aging potential.
Dogliani
A hill zone south of Barolo in Piedmont, and the home appellation for Dolcetto.
La Morra
A hilltop village in the northwest of the Barolo zone, above the Tanaro valley, with many official vineyard area names that can appear on Barolo labels.
Nebbiolo d'Alba
A Nebbiolo appellation on both sides of the Tanaro around Alba, spanning parts of the Langhe and Roero.
Serralunga d'Alba
A village on the eastern ridge of the Barolo zone in Piedmont, one of the eleven communes where Barolo may be made.
Verduno
A Piedmont village within the Barolo zone, north of Alba, known for Barolo and for Pelaverga, a pale, peppery red grape grown almost only here.
Verduno Pelaverga
The Barolo village of Verduno, where a separate red is made from the local Pelaverga Piccolo grape.

Brovia
A Barolo estate founded in 1863, bottling Rocche di Castiglione, Villero and Garblèt Sué as separate single-vineyard wines.
Bruno Giacosa
A Langhe producer whose red label marks a riserva, made only in vintages the house judges exceptional.
Comm. G.B. Burlotto
A Verduno estate whose Barolo Monvigliero is still foot-trodden to help avoid crushing the seeds.
Elio Altare
Elio Altare helped reshape modern Barolo after visiting Burgundy in 1976, replacing his family’s old wooden tanks with small French oak barrels.
Ettore Germano
A Serralunga d'Alba estate that began bottling its entire crop in 1993, with Barolo from Cerretta, Prapò, Lazzarito and Vignarionda.
Fratelli Alessandria
A family estate in Verduno, at the northern edge of Barolo, making Barolo and Verduno Pelaverga from a rare local red grape.
Massolino
A Barolo family estate in Serralunga d'Alba that owns nearly a third of the Vigna Rionda vineyard.

Reviewed by Gina Biernacki, Certified Sommelier, WSET Level 3 with Distinction.