About the Brand
Points of Distinction
- 100% family owned and run
- No blends, no international varietals
- Top historical singles vineyards in Barolo, Barbaresco & Barbera
Since 1956, the Michele Chiarlo winery has been vinifying the essence of Piedmont. The finest crus of Michele Chiarlo come from vineyards in Barolo, Barbaresco, Nizza, and Gavi. The use of indigenous grapes including Nebbiolo, Barbera, Cortese, and Moscato ensures the expression of the local terroir in each bottle.
Michele Chiarlo’s philosophy is grounded in the rigorous selection of the best grapes from the top local vineyard areas. Long before DOC laws were adopted, founder Michele Chiarlo aged his wines in oak and then in bottle for long periods of time. He is also credited with being one of the first producers to introduce malolactic fermentation to Italy. The beauty and variation of the landscape are captured by the Michele Chiarlo winery in these most prestigious crus of Piedmont.
La Court Art Park
L’Art Park La Court is one of the first Italian examples of land art among the vineyards. In place since 2003, on twenty hectares of one of the most prestigious vineyards of the Barbera d’Asti crus, the park is an open-air museum which gives witness to the inextricable symbiosis between art, land, and wine culture. Today La Court park is a temple of wine which gathers together the work and sculptures of internationally renowned artists, from Ugo Nespolo to Emanuele Luzzati to Chris Bangle, organized in an immersive and fairytale, artistic path, in the background of breathtaking landscapes. The park is a living cultural center, open to the region and to the world.
Maximizing Fruit Potential
Today, the Michele Chiarlo winemaking facilities consist of the home winery, cellars and bottling facility at Calamandrana; a second facility at Gavi, for the vinification and bottling of the DOCG Gavi wine; and a third facility adjacent to the Cannubi vineyard to accommodate vinify and mature wines from the Barolo zone and its “crus.” These installations are among Piedmont’s most technologically advanced, allowing Michele Chiarlo wines to be produced according to the quality principles that Chiarlo helped to innovate in the region, which today are commonplace, including soft presses, controlled temperature fermentation to conserve the grapes’ original fragrances and flavors, maceration with rotating sprayers, and temperature and humidity-controlled cellars. Each wine type can be given specific treatment to maximize its potential.
100% Family Owned
Michele Chiarlo’s sons continue the tradition of family management of the winery. Stefano Chiarlo is the winemaker, and Alberto Chiarlo directs marketing and sales globally.
