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Poderi e Cantine Fratelli Oddero
Oddero's house Barolo, blended from three old plots in La Morra and Castiglione Falletto. About 30,000 bottles a year, 30 months in big old casks. Dried rose, tar and cherry over firm tannin. A well-liked Barolo at a fair price.
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Oddero's own note lists truffle, liquorice and dried flowers. In the glass, tar and leather come first, then cherry. Both are the same wine.
Truffle, liquorice and dried flowers, the notes Oddero's own sheet names, and that is what you find. Tar and leather sit ahead of every other smell. Crushed flowers and spice mark the 2021, as Antonio Galloni found too. Give it an hour in a jug and the perfume opens right up.
Rose petal
Violet
Cherry
Tobacco
Tar
Forest Floor
Leather
LiquoriceThe tannin is full and important, and it grips from the first sip. Under it sits sour cherry and raspberry. Thirty months in big old casks rounds that grip off without leaving any oak flavour. Fat and slow-cooked meat soften it further.
The finish is long and dry, and the tannin still holds on at the end. Oddero keep the wine six months in bottle after the casks, which takes the hard edge off before it ever reaches a shop.
This is Oddero's house Barolo, blended from three plots rather than one famous hillside, so it costs far less than their single vineyard bottles. It is a well-liked Barolo at the price.
The current release starts near 49 pounds here. The middle price among the 489 Barolos with a live offer on this site is 68 pounds. So this is a real Barolo name at well under the going rate.
75cl · 1970: £190.00, 1 UK retailer
75cl · 2021: £53.72, 1 UK retailer
Six measures, weighted for this bottle. Strong on food and on keeping, weak for a Tuesday night, and good value for a Barolo at this price.
Firm tannin and bright acidity cut fat and salt, which is why braised beef, game and hard cheese all work.
Barolo is Piedmont's headline red, and Oddero is an old La Morra name, so the bottle carries weight on a table.
Held back 38 months by the rules, 30 of them in big casks here, with a drinking window of ten to fifteen years.
The current release starts near 49 pounds, against 68 pounds for the middle Barolo among the 489 on this site.
A famous name and an easy wine to find, but the tannin is drying and it needs food to show well.
At about 49 pounds and needing an hour open and a plate of food, this is not a weeknight bottle.
Scoring is rule-based and deterministic. The model and weightings are documented in our Wine Fit Score methodology.
A compact view of what the Barolo denomination actually requires, and how this bottle sits inside it. Pulled from the official Italian disciplinare.
2021 had snow in January and a dry, sunny season, and the wines came out fresh and firm. 2022 was a drought year, picked up to twenty days early. The 1970 is 55 years old and needs drinking, not keeping.
2022 was a drought year in the Langhe, with almost no winter rain, and picking started up to twenty days early. The wines still came out fresh and rounder than 2017. James Suckling gave this one 94 points and Vinous 92.
Snow in January 2021 refilled the water in the ground, then the season stayed dry and finished sunny, so the grapes ripened slowly. An April frost cut the crop by about a tenth. Antonio Galloni called this Barolo fabulous, aromatic and inviting.
The Langhe vintage record calls 1970 a very good year: complete, velvety and splendidly balanced. This bottle is now 55 years old, so stand it up for a day, pour it gently and drink it soon.
2022 was a drought year in the Langhe, with almost no winter rain, and picking started up to twenty days early. The wines still came out fresh and rounder than 2017. James Suckling gave this one 94 points and Vinous 92.
Drink-now / hold guidance reflects general style cues for this wine, not a forecast for a specific bottle. Where vintage-level editorial notes exist, they appear above.
Giacomo Oddero rebuilt the estate in the 1950s. As the province's agriculture man he signed off many of the rulebooks that gave Langhe and Roero wines their DOC and DOCG status. His daughter Mariacristina runs it now, with Isabella and Pietro, the seventh generation.
Italian wine law sorts bottles into a pyramid. DOCG sits at the top: tightly drawn boundaries, prescribed grapes, mandatory ageing, government tasting before release. DOC is the same idea with looser thresholds. IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) is broader still, requiring only that 85% of the grapes come from the named territory.
Barolo is in the DOCG tier. That is not a quality verdict, it is a description of how much freedom the producer has at vinification and ageing.
Barolo falls within Piedmont, covering Cuneo, Langhe: Barolo, Castiglione Falletto, Serralunga d'Alba, La Morra, Monforte d'Alba, Novello, Verduno, Grinzane Cavour, Diano d'Alba, Cherasco, Roddi. The denomination is further divided into 11 sub-zones.
Wine route
2 days · 7 stops
Open the driveProducer: Poderi e Cantine Fratelli Oddero, La Morra.
Wine route in the zone: Langhe Nebbiolo Route.
Bricco Chiesa and Capalot sit in La Morra, Bricco Fiasco in Castiglione Falletto. That is 5.2 hectares, about seven football pitches, and the oldest vines are 60. Oddero ferment and age each plot apart, then blend in spring. Three lots of work for one wine.
Oddero state production at around 30,000 bottles from those few plots. The plots cover about seven football pitches, and the wine then spends three years in cask and bottle before it is sold. Every cost of that is shared by just 30,000 bottles, so small runs do not get cheap.
Oddero give it 30 months in big Slavonian and Austrian casks, then six more months in bottle. The Barolo rules ask for 38 months in total. The cellar carries that cost for years before any money comes back.
Oddero dropped chemical weedkiller in 2008 and now clear the rows by machine. Every Nebbiolo, Barbera and Dolcetto vineyard is certified organic. That means more passes through the vines and more hands doing it.
At 14.5 per cent, UK duty from February 2026 is 3.33 pounds a bottle, and 20 per cent VAT sits on top. On a 49 pound bottle that is about 11.50 pounds gone before the shop earns a penny.
Of the 489 Barolos here with a live offer, the middle one starts at 68 pounds. Oddero's current release opens near 49 pounds, which puts it in the cheapest third of the field.
Dishes that go with this wine
Oddero call the tannin important and full, and it is. Fat, salt and slow-cooked meat all take the edge off it. Beef, lamb, pasta and game are the plates to reach for.
Long braising leaves beef soft and slightly sweet, and firm tannin cuts across that so it never cloys. Barolo, a dry red from Piedmont, has exactly that grip. Brasato al Barolo exists because the match works.
Try with: Brasato al Barolo · Ossobuco alla Milanese · Bollito dei Pastori · Agnolotti del Plin · More pairings →
Fat coats your mouth and dulls the next bite. Nebbiolo, the firm dry red grape behind Barolo, strips it away, so the second mouthful tastes as good as the first. Rare beef and pink lamb need that more than a lean cut does.
Try with: Fiorentina steak · Ribeye steak · Rack of lamb · Lamb shank · More pairings →
White truffle grows in the same hills as these grapes. Barolo is a dry red with an earthy, tarry side, so it meets the truffle rather than fighting it. Mushrooms do the same job for far less money. Keep the sauce plain so the perfume gets through.
Try with: Tajarin al Tartufo · Truffle risotto · Porcini mushroom risotto · Agnolotti del Plin · More pairings →
Game has a strong, faintly iron taste that flattens a light red. Barolo is a firm dry red with the weight to stand up to it, and its dried-flower smell lifts the meat instead of burying it. Roast it plainly and let the wine do the work.
Try with: Venison Stew · Roast Pheasant · Roast Duck · Beef wellington · More pairings →
Salt in an aged cheese makes tannin taste rounder, so a young Barolo, firm and dry, drinks better with cheese than most people expect. Castelmagno comes from the same corner of Piedmont as this wine. Parmigiano Reggiano and a mature Cheddar work the same way.
Try with: Cheese board · Castelmagno · Parmigiano Reggiano · mature Cheddar · More pairings →
Chilli heat and firm tannin make each other worse, and the wine turns bitter and hot in your mouth. Plain white fish simply vanishes under it. Gavi, a crisp dry white from the same corner of Piedmont, handles both far better.
The rules hold every Barolo back for 38 months, 18 of them in oak. Oddero go further: 30 months in big casks, then six more in bottle. The drinking window is ten to fifteen years from the vintage.
For the main offer above.
A short splash decant softens the first-pour edge and opens the aromatics.
Aim for the cooler end on a warm day; warmer end opens up more aromatics.
Held back 38 months by the rules, 30 of them in big casks here, with a drinking window of ten to fifteen years.
£44.30 for a 75cl bottle of the 2022, at Vino.com, is the best price we track, and we have no signal of further discounting.
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Confidence · HighDrawn from published drinker ratings, summarised in our own words. A crowd read across many tasters, not a single critic.
Confidence · MediumFrom the official Italian disciplinare for this denomination, cross-checked against the Ministry of Agriculture register.
Confidence · HighOur reading of the price, from how this wine is made, UK duty and VAT and the price shops charge for it today. Not a quote from the producer or a retailer.
Confidence · MediumThe drinking years for the main offer apply to its 2022 vintage. Treat them as advice, not a forecast for the bottle in your hand.
Confidence · MediumDried rose, tar, cherry and liquorice, over firm drying tannin. Oddero's own note names truffle, liquorice and dried flowers. Tar and leather come through more than anything else, then cherry and raspberry. It is dry, not sweet, and it wants food.
Yes, after an hour in a decanter. No Barolo can be sold until 38 months after the harvest, so it arrives already softened. The drinking window runs ten to fifteen years from the vintage, so a 2021 or 2022 will also keep.
Slow-braised beef, grilled steak, game and hard cheese. The tannin cuts through fat, so rich meat makes the wine taste smoother. Brasato al Barolo, beef braised in the wine itself, is the local answer. Truffle and mushroom dishes suit its earthy side.
It is blended from three plots rather than one famous hillside. Oddero also bottle single vineyard Barolos from Brunate, Villero and Vignarionda, and those cost far more. This one starts near 49 pounds, against 68 pounds for the middle Barolo on this site.
The Langhe vintage record calls 1970 a very good year, balanced and velvety. The bottle is now 55 years old, so buy it to open soon rather than to keep. Stand it upright for a day and pour gently off the sediment.
Yes, give it a full hour. Air lets the dried flower and truffle perfume come out. Serve it at 16 to 18 degrees, cooler than a warm room. An older bottle needs a slower pour to leave its sediment behind.
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