2018 Marco Porello Barolo, Piedmont, ItalyABOUT THIS PRODUCER From 1994 until today, the company has been run by Marco, Cesares grandson and expert oenologist. Educated first at the Alba oenological school and then in the field both in the Bordeaux region of France as well as in Chianti Classico, Marco brings to the winery his institutional knowledge as well as an extended vision of the marriage of tradition and innovation in his winemaking.

The concentration of color

south and west-facing slopes at altitudes varying between 240 and 280 metres

chiseled tannins and silky texture

whose must is then used to inoculate any juice slow to begin fermentation

That weather held through harvest

and sandstone soils

with a surprisingly original opening mechanism

The owners allow me to do as much as the farming as I see fit

Established: 1971 Proprietor/Winemaker: Pierre Rostaing Appellation: Côte Rôtie & Condrieu Soils: Schist dominates throughout the Rostaing holdings

Using some of the oldest

some of which is held in tank

Bright and expressive