Michele Chiarlo Barbera d’Asti Le Orme

Michele Chiarlo Barbera d’Asti Le Orme 2024

£16.25

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Key info
CountryItaly
RegionAsti
GrapeBarbera
TypeRed
Vintage2024
Alcohol13.5% ABV
BodyMedium
SweetnessDry
BalancedFruitySavourySpiced
Pairs with — hard cheese, pork, poultry, tomato & pasta

The wine

An elegant and approachable Barbera, bursting with notes of ripe cherry and redcurrant layered with a touch of spice. Rounded and beautifully balanced through to a lovely savoury finish enhanced by wild herbs.

Le Orme means the footprints, and it has been Chiarlo's signature Barbera for decades. Asti rather than Alba is the historic heartland of the variety, and the wine sees a period in large oak casks rather than small barrique, which softens the acidity without laying vanilla over the fruit.

The producer

Michele Chiarlo

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Founded at Calamandrana in 1956 and now run by Michele Chiarlo's sons Alberto and Stefano, this is one of Piedmont's most decorated houses. Michele himself came from a family of growers in the Monferrato and built the estate outward from Barbera country into the great Nebbiolo hills.

The family hold parcels in two of the finest Barolo crus, Cannubi and Cerequio, and in La Court at Nizza, the small appellation carved out of Barbera d'Asti in 2014 for its best hillside sites. Every vineyard is farmed sustainably to Equalitas certification. The house philosophy is that oak should be used judiciously so the vineyard speaks first, which in Piedmont has not always been the fashion.

Chiarlo has also done more than most to argue that Barbera deserves serious treatment rather than being the grape Piedmont drinks while waiting for its Nebbiolo. The Barolo and Barbera wines draw 90-plus scores from Wine Advocate, James Suckling and Wine Enthusiast year after year, and in 2025 Michele Chiarlo was named European Producer of the Year at the Sommelier Wine Awards.

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