Diego Barale
Diego Barale works in Barbera d'Alba, the heart of Piemonte's wine country in northern Italy. The winery focuses on Nebbiolo and Dolcetto, the region's defining varieties. Its Cannubi, a Nebbiolo from the celebrated vineyard site, shows the structural depth and aromatic complexity that Nebbiolo commands in Alba. The Barolo, also Nebbiolo-based, expresses the power and tannin architecture the variety develops in Piemonte's clay-rich soils. A Dolcetto d'Alba rounds the portfolio—lighter in frame but dense with the dark fruit character Dolcetto brings to the region. Wine Spectator has rated these releases. The winery's work sits within Piemonte's tradition of age-worthy reds, where cool autumns and limestone-influenced terroir shape wines built for the cellar.
Critics
Wine Spectator