Luigi Oddero e Figli is a distinct Barolo estate created after the Oddero family split in the 2000s, with its own cellars, vineyards and team based in La Morra. The house style is classical and site-first, shaped by mature vines rooted in the Langhe’s marls and sands and by a patient, minimally interventionist approach in the winery. Parcels span key communes—including La Morra and Castiglione Falletto—with elevations and exposures that favour perfume, finesse and steady ripening.
Viticulture is careful and low-input: close canopy work, green harvesting where needed, and hand selection at vintage to keep only perfectly ripe fruit. In the cellar, fermentations are gentle and long enough to draw fine tannins without heaviness; ageing takes place mainly in large Slavonian casks, with smaller oak used sparingly as a textural tool rather than a flavour stamp. The goal is transparency—letting vineyard character lead while polishing structure and length.
The range is anchored by Barolo, produced both as a classico blend and, in strong years, as single-vineyard bottlings that spotlight individual MGAs. Expect lifted red-cherry and raspberry fruit, rose and spice, a cool mineral thread and tannins that feel detailed rather than blocky. Langhe Nebbiolo offers an earlier-drinking window into the house style, while Barbera d’Alba and Dolcetto d’Alba bring vibrant fruit, lively acidity and pure, unadorned drinkability.
Cellaring is rewarded but measured. The Barolo classico typically opens from five to seven years after the harvest and evolves gracefully beyond a decade; single-vineyard wines run longer, gaining truffle, tobacco and balsamic notes while holding their inner perfume. Across colours and appellations, Luigi Oddero e Figli stays true to a clear brief: refined, traditional Barolo and Langhe wines that privilege balance, detail and a faithful reading of place.
