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🇮🇹 From Pio Cesare · Barolo · Piedmont · Italy

Pio Cesare, Barolo, Ornato

Red · DOCG · first vintage on our lists 1988

Poured at 53 of the world's top restaurant lists in 12 countries, across 26 vintages from 1988 to 2021, with 38 realized lots at auction.

Where it's poured
53 rooms in 42 cities across 12 countries, from the lists we read. Dots sized by rooms pouring.
42 cities
The map · 50 rooms worldwide in 39 cities
Langhe 5Philadelphia 2Tampa 2Helsinki 1Las Vegas 1Macau 1Seoul 1

Every dot is a city where we read a list pouring Pio Cesare, Barolo, Ornato; dot size is the number of rooms.

The vintages
26 vintages on the world's lists, 1988 to 2021, plus a non-vintage bottling. Pick a dot: size is rooms pouring, colour is age — under 15 years · mature · 25 and older. The from price is the lowest bottle price we've read on a list.
Rooms · from price
19902000201020202021 · 2 rooms2020 · 6 rooms2019 · 11 rooms2018 · 9 rooms2017 · 4 rooms2016 · 10 rooms2015 · 3 rooms2013 · 2 rooms2012 · 1 room2011 · 2 rooms2010 · 3 rooms2009 · 1 room2008 · 1 room2007 · 2 rooms2004 · 2 rooms2003 · 2 rooms2001 · 4 rooms2000 · 2 rooms1999 · 1 room1998 · 1 room1997 · 3 rooms1996 · 2 rooms1995 · 2 rooms1990 · 2 rooms1989 · 1 room1988 · 1 room2019 · 11 rooms
201911 rooms pour it · from $184 on a list · most poured in MacauThe 11 rooms
At auction
38 realized lots across the houses we read. Prices per 750ml, premium inclusive, converted at sale-date rates.
The full record →
Aug 2024Dots are real salesOct 2025

The 2004, 8 sales. Dots are real sales.

$89
Median at auction, per 750ml
×3.3
$294
Median on a restaurant list
2.4%
Twelve months, at auction
From the house
The rest of the Pio Cesare canon, and where the house stands.
Rooms pouring
Barolo · Piedmont · Italy25 wines in the canonranked 10 of 248 Piedmont producers by rooms pouring
More wines from Pio Cesare
One wine, crosswalked to the world's top restaurant lists and 38 auction lots · Most listed · How we count
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