One of the great names in Piedmontese winemaking, Marchesi di Barolo dates back as far as the 12th century, when the land-owning Falletti family of Piedmont's Barolo district was granted titles of nobility. It was the Marchesi Falletti who was credited with creating the type of wine known as Barolo in the early 19th century. Today the estate owns about 100 acres of vineyard in the Langhe, including some of the finest vineyards in the district.

Setting precedents is a characteristic of Piedmontese winemaking and Marchesi di Barolo, one of the region's premier producers of Barolo, is no exception. In the mid-1800s, Marchesi di Barolo became the first estate in Italy to vinify its red wines in a dry style, a revolutionary concept at the time.

The Marchesi di Barolo estate takes pride in the international reputation it has established for its fine Barolo DOCG and two superb single-vineyard crus, Barolo Cannubi DOCG and Barolo Sarmassa DOCG, all made from 100% estate-grown Nebbiolo grapes.

Producing majestic red wines of phenomenal depth, complexity and longevity, Nebbiolo is the earliest red grape variety in Piedmont to bud and the last to ripen. Its name derives from the early morning mists, or "nebbia," that shroud the lower slopes of the Langhe hillsides during the fall harvest period.

Most wine experts hail the single-vineyard Barolo Cannubi as the ultimate definition of a world-class Barolo. Marchesi di Barolo owns a significant portion of this famed vineyard and produces an outstanding Barolo Cannubi, known for its rich perfume and complexity of flavor that develops a seductive smoothness with aging. The smaller Sarmassa vineyard produces a Barolo of particular power and finesse and among winemakers in the Barolo district, it ranks right alongside the more widely known Cannubi in terms of prestige.

Marchesi di Barolo's Barolo DOCG is made from hand-harvested Nebbiolo grown in the uppermost vineyards of the Barolo commune. Aged three years in oak casks, and two years in bottle prior to release, Barolo's capacity for aging is proverbial and 20 to 30 years is by no means unusual.