Pian Romulado
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2026
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Slow-cooked beef stews, roasted wild game, and aged cheeses.
✨ Technical Specifications
Prunotto's Pian Romualdo is a benchmark Barbera d'Alba Superiore, originating from the prestigious estate founded by Alfredo Prunotto in the early 20th century and now nurtured under the stewardship of the Antinori family. The wine takes its name from the historic Pian Romualdo vineyard located in Monforte d'Alba, a site renowned for its high altitude and calcium-rich clay and sand soils. This unique terroir imparts exceptional structure and a vibrant, refreshing acidity to the Barbera grape. Traditionally aged for approximately 12 months in a combination of large oak casks and smaller barrels, this red wine showcases a deep ruby color with violet hues, expressing intense aromas of dark cherries, blackberries, and subtle hints of spices and cocoa, embodying the perfect harmony between rustic Piedmontese tradition and modern elegance.
🍾 About the Producer
Prunotto traces its origins to 1904 when the cooperative Cantina Sociale 'Ai Vini delle Langhe' was established in Serralunga d'Alba, later rescued and rechristened by Alfredo Prunotto in the 1920s. Under legendary winemaker Beppe Colla from 1956, the estate emerged as a pioneer of single-vineyard bottlings in Piedmont, famously producing the benchmark Barolo Bussia beginning with the 1961 vintage. Owned by Tuscany's Marchesi Antinori family since 1994, Prunotto stewards approximately 65 hectares across prime sites in the Langhe and Monferrato. Viticulture leverages the region's classic mosaic of calcareous clay and Tortonian marl, capturing distinctive diurnal shifts and microclimatic nuance. In the cellar, vinification balances traditional large-format cask maturation with refined contemporary precision. Prunotto's expansive portfolio is anchored by celebrated cru bottlings such as Barolo Bussia Vigna Colonnello Riserva, Barbaresco Bric Turot, and Nizza Riserva Costamiòle, complemented by classical regional expressions of Arneis, Barbera d'Alba, and Moscato d'Asti.
🍇 Grapes
100% Dolcetto