Azienda Agricola Ciabot Berton

Founded in 1964, the current head of this estate is Marco Oberto, who owns 12 hectares of vineyards around La Morra, in the heart of Barolo, 8 of which are planted to Nebbiolo, with the other 4 to Barbera and Dolcetto. His vines all lie in four of the finest Crus and of these, the Il Roggeri, which is bottled separately, is the finest. The wines made here are all fairly modern in style, with less emphasis on extraction and tannin and more on fruit. Whilst Barolo should never be a gentle wine, drinking the Roggeri is not like going into battle!