Alberto Burzi Barolo

Siblings Alberto and Caterina Burzi are among the most celebrated up-and-coming producers in Piedmont. While their family has grown grapes in La Morra for generations, they are the very first to estate-bottle under their own name. Their grandparents, Luigi Roggero and Maddalena Oberto, were hard-working postwar farmers who farmed hazelnuts and grapes. Because times were difficult, they sold their grapes to cooperatives or leased their vineyards to prestigious producers—such as renting their 90-year-old Capalot parcel to the legendary modernist Roberto Voerzio until 2011. In 2012, at just 26 years old, Alberto completed his oenology studies, reclaimed the family vineyards, and started estate-bottling. Caterina joined him in 2018 to manage sales and communication. Alberto has built a cult following for mastering 'The Third Way'—a synthesis between the historically opposed modern and traditional schools of Barolo, combining traditionalist extended skin maceration and large, neutral oak botte aging with a modernist’s focus on pristine fruit preservation, vibrant energy, and organic viticulture.