Marrone
The origins of Agricola Marrone date back over a century and through four generations. The family is focused on cultivating local grape varietals with a passionate dedication to the land.
When Pietro Marrone was born in 1887, his father Edoardo was already producing wines. In 1910, at 23 years old, he asked his father to plant some vineyards. In the early 1920s/30s the winery began cultivating vineyards using techniques that were revolutionary at the time: reducing production yields to prioritize higher quality and avoiding sowing wheat between vine rows, a standard practice at the time. This decision was an early adoption of what eventually became known as modern cultivation practices widely used in the region today.
In 1978 ‘Gianpi’ took over full management of Marrone and began a phase of expansion in the vineyards and the cellar space. His wife Giovanna, affectionately known as “Mamma Gio,” orchestrates private hospitality and is the kitchen director. For Giovanna, food is “tradition and Italian values that go hand with our wines.”
Since 2011 the winery has been run by “Tre Fie,” the three daughters of Gian Piero and Giovanna Marrone. Valentina is the winemaker, Serena runs marketing and business operations, and Denise is the hospitality heart and manager of the visitor programs and restaurant. The farm is run with minimal intervention in the vineyard, a philosophy that carries through from harvest to winemaking. The Marrone family pays careful attention to produce wines that are elegantly structured with the potential to evolve for decades.
Reviews
Full bottle 1,338 g. 100% Arneis. A few hours of skin contact. Scent of grapefruit peel, cumin and hawthorn blossom. With a silky underlay of almond cream framing the bright-white citrus, it’s a wine that starts by lulling me with a slow, low hum of nonchalance. Then a cool prickle, a cool heat, like green Sichuan pepper, like fennel seeds. Then it’s cold green apple. Cobnuts. Chicory leaf. Fennel pollen. Beautiful rounded sweetness but very much shaped by an inner leaf-vein-like network of bitterness. Sommeliers, line up. You need this wine. 2026 – 2030
A simple, medium-bodied white that shows freshness and focus, offering sliced apples, lemon pith and white flowers and a clean cut of a vivid acidity. Drink now.
Here’s a zippy little number that’s as fresh as a morning in Piedmont. Bright citrus oils and stone fruits (think peach and nectarine) bounce around with the energy of a kid on a Vespa. The finish brings crunchy minerals and a neat almond snap, while subtle herbs play hide-and-seek. The acidity’s got pop but plays nice, like a perfect summer afternoon that just won’t quit.