Why it matters
The producer
The Flori family has grown Nebbiolo in Treiso for four generations. For most of that time they sold the grapes. In 2020 Michele Flori kept them.
That decision is everything the estate currently is. Cantina Flori, the trading name, now covers 20 hectares of vines in the Barbaresco DOCG zone, a substantial holding for Langhe by any measure. The label has existed for five vintages. The family's roots in the village go back a century.
Place and vineyards
Where the wines begin
Treiso is a hilltop commune south of the Tanaro river in Langhe, one of the four villages permitted to produce Barbaresco DOCG alongside Barbaresco itself, Neive, and San Rocco Seno d'Elvio. The soils are calcareous clay, the same Tortonian-epoch marl that defines the appellation across all four communes. Nebbiolo planted here tends toward a slightly lighter body than some expressions from the Barbaresco village hillsides, though parcel and vintage variation matters more than communal generalisations.
The Barbaresco DOCG label on a bottle tells you the grape is Nebbiolo and the wine has spent at minimum 26 months ageing from harvest, nine of them in wood. Treiso on the label, when producers choose to use it, narrows the address further. Cantina Flori's Strada Rizzi address puts the estate at the centre of the zone.
In the cellar
Vineyards and cellar
The Langhe Nebbiolo is hand-harvested. Fermentation takes place in steel tanks, which preserves the grape's primary fruit character without adding texture or weight from wood contact during the conversion. Six months in Slavonian oak barrels follow. Slavonian oak is large-format, porous, and older in tradition than French barriques; it rounds the wine's tannins without depositing vanilla or toast character. The Langhe Nebbiolo carries roses, raspberries, herbs, and earthy undertones, with fine tannins and lively acidity. It opens early, carries its rose-petal and raspberry fruit close to the surface, and asks for food rather than a cellar.
The Barbaresco follows the DOCG protocol: 100% Nebbiolo, minimum 26 months from harvest with at least nine months in wood. Specific cellar details for Flori's Barbaresco are not confirmed beyond those appellation requirements.
Wines to know
The range in view
Two bottlings define the current range.
The Langhe Nebbiolo DOC is the lighter and earlier-drinking of the two. Steel fermentation and six months of Slavonian oak keep the wine accessible from release. Fresh roses and ripe raspberries lead the nose; herbs and earth move underneath. The tannins are fine rather than grippy. Acidity is lively, cutting cleanly through the fruit. Nebbiolo at this level is built to sit beside food on a Tuesday, not to wait for a decade.
A useful way in
A bottle to begin with
Start with the Langhe Nebbiolo. It is hand-harvested, steel-fermented, and aged six months in Slavonian oak: a short, clean production path that delivers Nebbiolo without the formality or the price of Barbaresco. The nose is generous, roses and ripe raspberries with herbs behind. The palate is firm-boned but not austere, with lively acidity and tannins that are fine enough to work with a wide range of food. Drink it over the first three to five years. It is the clearest evidence that the Flori family knows what their Treiso Nebbiolo tastes like, and it costs a fraction of what the DOCG requires.