Friday, June 26, 2026

Tasting the Wines of Renato Ratti, Barolo, Italy in Hohen Suelzen, Rheinhessen, Germany, with Owner/ Winemaker Pietro Ratti (June 2026)





One of the 2 guest producers at the 20-year anniversary of Kühling-Gillot & BattenfeldSpanier on June 22, 2026 in Hohen-Suelzen/ Rheinhessen/ Germany was the leading Barolo producer @Renato Ratti. Pietro Ratti has been running the winery since the untimely death of his father in 1988. He was at the table and poured the #worldclass wines.
 
See: 20 Years Kuehling Gillot & Battenfeld Spanier - #worldclasswines - Celebrating with H.0. Spanier and Carolin Spanier-Gillot the 20-year Anniversary of Kuehling Gillot & Battenfeld Spanier in Hohen-Suelzen/ Rheinhessen (June 2026) 
 


Renato Ratti (wine-searcher)

Renato Ratti is a wine producer located in Barolo in northwestern Italy. It makes a wide range of wines from a number of Piedmont DOC and DOCG appellations, including Barolo, Dolcetto d'Alba, Barbera d'Alba, Barbera d'Asti and Monferrato.

Renato Ratti spent time in Brazil producing Vermouth and sparkling wines for Cinzano before returning to his home in Piedmont in 1965. He purchased his first vineyard in the La Morra area and began making wines labeled with his own name.

Today, the estate has 35 hectares (86 acres) under vine, divided among six vineyards: Colombé, Battaglione, Ochetti, Marcenasco, Conca and Rocche dell'Annunziata. Along with the standard Nebbiolo, Ratti also grows Barbera, Dolcetto, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Sauvignon Blanc.

The estate uses traditional means of winemaking for its Barolo wines, although several concessions have been made to modernity in the interest of quality. After the grapes are destemmed and crushed, fermentation takes place in temperature-controlled stainless steel vats.

Malolactic fermentation takes place in oak barrels before the wines are aged in a combination of French oak and the traditional large oak vats. Both fermentation time and the length of time spent aging in oak have been reduced since the estate's inception in the 1960s.

Renato Ratti uses some biodynamic principles: vineyard workers must wear cotton gloves as the indigenous yeasts on the grape's surface are key in the production of a Ratti wine, and the wines are always bottled at a full moon.

Renato Ratti makes three single-vineyard Barolos, from the Marcenasco, Conca and Rocche dell'Annuziata cru vineyards. These are the top offerings from the estate, and can be cellared for up to 20 years. Along with the range of classic Piedmont wines from Alba and Asti, Ratti also makes a varietal Sauvignon Blanc wine called I Cedri and a blend of Barbera, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot.

Pietro Ratti 

Born in 1968 and the second child of Renato Ratti, he is the current owner and winemaker of the Ratti family winery in the Barolo region, at La Morra. Graduating in oenology and viticulture from the Alba Wine School in 1988, he has been involved with the winery since that year due to the untimely death of his father Renato. In 2002, he completely renovated the facility, building a modern winery, the first to be "green", "sustainable" and perfectly integrated into the La Morra landscape. Over the years, he has expanded his vineyard of Barolo and other grape varieties, with new projects of Nebbiolo grown at higher altitudes than traditional. In addition to the winery, Pietro was also president of the "Consorzio di Tutela Barolo, Barbaresco, Alba, Langhee Dogliani" and is currently renovating the Renato Ratti Museum of Alba Wines. led Villa Pattono, both of which are labeled under the Monferrato DOC
 
Tasting with Pietro Ratti 
 







 
20 Years Kuehling Gillot & Battenfeld Spanier - #worldclasswines - Celebrating with H.0. Spanier and Carolin Spanier-Gillot the 20-year Anniversary of Kuehling Gillot & Battenfeld Spanier in Hohen-Suelzen/ Rheinhessen (June 2026)








See: 20 Years Kuehling Gillot & Battenfeld Spanier - #worldclasswines - Celebrating with H.0. Spanier and Carolin Spanier-Gillot the 20-year Anniversary of Kuehling Gillot & Battenfeld Spanier in Hohen-Suelzen/ Rheinhessen (June 2026) 
 
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