Poderi Cellario

We are Fausto and Cinzia Cellario, the third generation of winemakers in the village of Carrù, on the western outskirts of the Langhe hills. We believe in working only with local, indigenous Piedmontese grape varieties, and we fiercely defend the local winemaking traditions both in the vineyards and in the cellar. We farm 13 hectares of vineyards (and some hazelnut trees) in four different sites, all very close to each other. The Dogliani plot is probably the family’s most prestigious land and we like to consider ourselves as “Dolcetto Specialists”. Our farming is organic with the use of biodynamic techniques, and we only use the indigenous yeasts in all the fermentations. Sulphur is absent or added only in small quantities during the pressing or bottling (just when necessary). The wines are not fined. They are aged in big neutral oak barrels, cement tanks, or raw amphoras. The main varieties we farm: Dolcetto, Barbera, Nebbiolo, Favorita, Nascetta, Grignolino, and some lost grape varieties.