It is rare to find a white from the Langhe that sings with this much clarity. This is the perfect aperitivo—crisp, saline, and vibrating with energy. It’s driven by bright citrus, green apple, and a distinct stony minerality that refreshes the palate instantly. It’s not trying to be a complex, oaky statement piece; it’s trying to be delicious, and it succeeds brilliantly. It’s a blend of Arneis and Chardonnay.
2024 Raineri Langhe Bianco
93 PTS
— Orazio Campoli, December 2025
About the Producer
Gianmatteo Raineri is a young, passionate grower based in the hamlet of Panerole, high in the hills of Monforte d’Alba. A true garagiste of the Langhe, he makes small quantities of wine from his family’s vineyards with a clean cellar and a talent for letting Nebbiolo speak clearly. His Barolos have the soul, structure and pedigree of the big names of Monforte, delivered with unusual transparency.
The two Barolo crus are opposites. Perno sits on a ridge that catches the wind and makes a more austere, intellectual wine: wild mint, iron and crushed rose, tense and vertical, with fine-grained tannins that grip without punishing. Castelletto faces east toward the ridge of Serralunga d’Alba, and you can feel the kinship: broader, darker and more powerful, with balsamic notes, dark cherry, licorice and firmer tannins. In 2021 both were benchmarks for site expression.
The everyday wines are just as honest. The Langhe Bianco, a blend of Arneis and Chardonnay, is crisp, saline and full of energy, and the Ca’ dei Folli Barbera is juicy, vibrant and unpretentious — Barbera as the wine that fuels Piedmont.