Barolo
⏳ Drinking Window
2030 - 2057
🍷 Vintage Profile
The 2022 vintage across the Langhe was defined by historically early heat and persistent drought, requiring meticulous canopy management under sustainable farming regimes to shield bunches from desiccation. Periodic late-summer rain events and cooling diurnal shifts in late August arrested vine shutdown, permitting Nebbiolo fruit to achieve advanced phenolic ripeness while retaining essential, balancing acidity. Yields were inherently concentrated, yielding wines with broader palates, deeply extracted red fruit, and muscular yet ripe, accessible tannins. As of 2026, these wines are transitioning into their primary drinking phase, expected to evolve beneficially through 2038.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Braised beef cheek in Barolo reduction, wild boar ragù with tagliolini, aged Castelmagno cheese.
✨ Technical Specifications
Sourced from steep, calcareous-clay hillsides typical of the Langhe basin, this Barolo highlights the natural tension and power of Nebbiolo. Maceration takes place in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks with extended skin contact to extract fine, durable polyphenols. The wine matures for a minimum of thirty-eight months, including at least eighteen months in a combination of traditional large oak casks and barriques, allowing micro-oxygenation to soften the dense structural framework while preserving distinct varietal nuances.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1820 when Giuseppe Sarotto settled in Neviglie, Azienda Agricola Roberto Sarotto represents generations of viticultural dedication across Piedmont's Langhe, Roero, and Monferrato hills. Following revitalization by enologist Roberto Sarotto and his wife Aurora in the 1980s and 1990s, the estate expanded to encompass prime vineyard parcels throughout Barolo, Barbaresco, Neive, and Gavi. The diverse terroir combines calcareous marls, sandstone, and clay across sun-exposed slopes, tempered by sub-Alpine breezes that promote optimal phenolic development. Viticulture prioritizes sustainability and non-invasive canopy and soil stewardship to support indigenous biodiversity. Winemaking harmonizes regional heritage with modern technical rigor, employing temperature-controlled stainless steel fermentation followed by maturation in French oak barriques and large Slavonian oak casks—including their record-holding giant cask, Ai Fondatori. Renowned benchmark bottlings include their expressive Barolo Audace, single-cru Barolo Bergera-Pezzole, Barbaresco Gaia Principe, and the structured Langhe Rosso Enrico I°.
🍇 Grapes
Nebbiolo
🍷 ABV
14.5%