Notes from Polaner Selections: 

"The benchmark for ageworthy, traditional Barbera – Trinchero (aka Ezio T.) ages even their entry-level Barbera as long or longer than most Barolo are aged. 

The Ezio T. estate is a Barbera specialist located in the Asti hills in the hamlet of Vianoce. The winery is based in the early nineteenth century complex of Agliano Terme, which has been in the family since the 1920s. At this time, two brothers, Secondo and Serafino were running the winery. They then passed on the reigns to Secondo's son, Renato. Renato ran the winery along with his son Ezio until Renato's passing away in 2014. The estate now makes one of the longest-lived and most profound examples of Barbera to be found in all of Italy.

The family believes that the underrated Barbera grape is a variety capable of producing wines of profound complexity and serious longevity, if cultivated from old vines in top sites and vinified to allow graceful evolution in bottle. With this in mind, the family farms all of their vines organically and are extremely meticulous with their viticulture. Ezio Trinchero is a close friend of Giampiero Bea of Paolo Bea in Montefalco, and the wines of both estates share a similar style and rustic soulfulness."