Barolo Enrico VI DOCG (Single Vineyard)

Producer history

The estate's roots lie with the Falletti family, who around 1800 kept Monfalletto as their most prized vineyard while exchanging other hill holdings. Commercial sales began around 1830-1840 under Giacinto Massimiliano Falletti and were expanded by Eulalia Dalla Chiesa di Cervignasco. The property passed to the Cordero di Montezemolo family through the 1918 marriage of Maria Lydia Falletti to Paolo Cordero di Montezemolo, whose son Paolo became sole heir in 1941. That Paolo coined the name Enrico VI in the early 1970s to mark two things at once: the 1959 birth of his sixth child, Enrico, and the 1965 purchase of this vineyard. The estate is now directed by Elena and Alberto Cordero di Montezemolo, after 19 generations.

Signature pairings

• Brasato al Barolo — Beef braised in Nebbiolo is the canonical Langhe pairing for a structured Barolo; the dish's deep savoury reduction meets the wine's earthiness and sturdiness, and the slow-cooked texture absorbs its considerable tannin.
• Roast venison with juniper — Game meat's iron-tinged savour suits a wine of breadth and volume, while juniper's resinous edge chimes with the mentholated notes the producer identifies in this bottling.
• Wild mushroom risotto — Earthy mushrooms mirror the wine's own earthy register directly, and the creamy starch of risotto rounds off the tannic grip typical of Castiglione Falletto fruit.