As it was another fabulous day, we decided to spend
the morning driving through the hills and checking out some more of the
beautiful villages of the Barolo region before heading off to our next destination.
After a very pleasant morning, we headed off to our next villa hotel – Villa Pattono – the ancestral home of the Renato Ratti wine makers. Its just on the outskirts of Costigliole d'Asti, just south of the city of Asti in the Alto Monferrato, on the edge of the Langhe - yet another famous Piemontese wine region.
the hilltop village of Castiglione Falletto
looking down on the village of Barolo from La Morra
After a very pleasant morning, we headed off to our next villa hotel – Villa Pattono – the ancestral home of the Renato Ratti wine makers. Its just on the outskirts of Costigliole d'Asti, just south of the city of Asti in the Alto Monferrato, on the edge of the Langhe - yet another famous Piemontese wine region.
time for a few drinks by the pool before heading off for dinner - such a hard life!
If Barolo is the king of Italian wines, Barbaresco is often referred to as the queen. Like Barolo, Barbaresco is made from the nebiollo grape, its just made slightly differently and comes from a different region of Piemonte. While not quite in the Barbaresco appellation, our villa was only a few minutes drive away.
Looking across the Barbaresco appellation from the village of Nieve
The village of Costigliole d'Asti across the valley from Villa Pattono
