What the name means
Barolo is a protected Italian DOCG in Piedmont. Its rules require Nebbiolo, a defined production area and minimum aging, while named geographic mentions can identify smaller places inside the denomination.
Research underway
Pio Cesare Barolo Pio 2021 Piedmont Red Wine
We have the store listing and package details. The deeper reporting for this wine is still underway.
- Style
- Red wine
- Size
- 750 ml
- Region
- Barolo
- Shelf barcode
- 8014629012117
The prices we checked
Dated store checks, not a promise about your store.
- Kroger, Atlanta suburbs, GA$112.49
- Kroger, Cincinnati, OH$89.99
The regular price can vary by store and date.
From the producer
Family estate since 1881
Pio Cesare says it was founded in 1881 by Cesare Pio in Alba, Italy, and is still run by his family, now in its fifth generation.
Research status
Where this page is headed
We are checking the current release, the producer record, and the bottle itself. Until that work is complete, this page reports only the facts carried by the dated store feed and shared region and grape research.
Getting to know Barolo.
Barolo covers a group of Langhe hills rather than one vineyard or village. The DOCG establishes origin and production rules, but a commune, named geographic mention or producer source gives a closer account of place.
How grapes grow here
The Langhe has a continental setting shaped by the nearby Alps, the Ligurian side and local hills. Exposure and elevation change conditions from one Barolo slope to another.
What lies under the vines
The Barolo area is built largely from marine sedimentary formations with changing amounts of marl, limestone, clay, silt and sand. The DOCG name does not establish one soil across all its hills.
How large the region is
- Grape rule
- Barolo DOCG is made from Nebbiolo.
- Label resolution
- Keep Barolo distinct from broad Piedmont and Italy mappings, and retain any named geographic mention.
Places within the region
- Production area
- The DOCG covers all or part of 11 communes in the Langhe, including Barolo, La Morra, Monforte d'Alba, Serralunga d'Alba and Castiglione Falletto.
- Named places
- Official additional geographic mentions can identify smaller areas within the DOCG when they appear on the label.
Where this information comes from
- Store listing
- Price, package, product identifier. Checked Aug 10, 2026.
- Barcode
- The shelf barcode shown here is computed from the store product identifier. It has not been checked against a bottle.