Fausto and Cinzia Cellario are third-generation winemakers from Carrù, a small village on the western edge of the Langhe hills. They focus on local Piedmontese grapes and are passionate about keeping traditions alive, both in the vineyards and the cellar. The family farms 13 hectares of vines, along with a few hazelnut trees, across three sites in the southern Langhe, with their prized Dogliani plot making them proud “Dolcetto Specialists.” Their approach is simple and natural, having everything farmed organically and dry-farmed, harvested by hand in small bins, fermented with native yeasts, and made with little to no sulphur — only when really needed. The wines are never fined or filtered and age in big neutral oak barrels, concrete tanks, or raw amphora.

They grow Dolcetto, Barbera, Nebbiolo, Favorita, Nascetta, and Grignolino, plus a splash of Pinot Noir for fun. At the heart of it, the Cellarios make honest, characterful wines that reflect their land — and are exactly the kind of bottles they love to drink themselves.