Combine Piedmont's top red grape variety with one of the region's top producers and the result is this super red wine. It may not say Barolo on the label, but it puts many to shame, such is the depth of flavour and intensity to this wine. It's not heavy, in fact it has quite a freshness to it, but it's laden with dried fruit and damson flavour, with a hint of chocolate and spice. This exceptional wine is delicious with Italian meats, and grilled flavours in general.

Sustainable agricultural practices, following the rules for integrated farming which prohibit the use of herbicides. Rigorous green harvesting and bunch selection in the vineyards ensure that only perfectly ripe fruit is harvested for this wine. This wine is typified by a deep and bright ruby-red colour with a rich concentrated nose depicting cherry and berry fruit aromas. The palate is generous and full-bodied with a long and enticing finish.

Renato Ratti is one of Piedmont's pioneering winemakers, having championed the idea of individual vineyard bottling to highlight the characteristics of different 'Terroir'. This wine is produced from Renato's grapes in the excellent Marcenasco vineyard in the heart of the Barolo DOC. The intense wine is matured for two years in barrel before it is bottled and released and the resulting wine is full bodied and elegant. Dark cherry combine with hints of liquorice, cocoa and tobacco, to give a complex, hugely impressive wine.