By the time Cristiano Garella was 21 he was the winemaker and Director of Tenuta Sella, one of the oldest and most famous wineries in Northern Italy and by the time he was 24 he was helping other winemakers in Alto Piemonte understand their own vineyards and passionately advocating the rebuilding of the region. His belief in the terroir of his area is abundantly clear when you taste any of wines he makes or helps to make. At Le Pianelle, Cristiano has not only helped to restore one of the great vineyards in Bramaterra, but he is also making some of the best wines. The wines from Le Pianelle are beautiful, complex, moving expressions of Nebbiolo and remain vastly underpriced, as do most of the wines from Alto Piemonte. Bramaterra and Le Pianelle are another great example of the heights Alto Piemonte can reach.
