Cascina Fontana – Barolo dal Comune di Castiglione Falletto – 2016

Cascina Fontana represents the true essence of the Barolo Langa. This is a typical winery, simple, but with ideas well founded on tradition and values. The winery was founded in 1994, when the winemaker Mario Fontana, after an experience as a farmer in the family business, decided to change direction and create his small business with his ideas of making wine, but above all Barolo. The winery is located in Perno, a small fraction of the municipality of Monforte d’Alba, a little known, niche area, but which actually produces wines with body and structure, thanks to the privileged position and the soils rich in blue marl.
Mario’s philosophy is very humble … as he himself says, he simply followed his grandfather’s teachings, he didn’t change anything about winemaking or the ways of working in the vineyard. It manages only 5 hectares between the municipalities of Castiglione Falletto, La Morra and Sinio, where it produces the most typical wines of the Langa: Dolcetto, Barbera, Nebbiolo and Barolo. In the cellar you do not imagine who knows what! There are only concrete tanks, medium-large oak barrels for aging and steel tanks for spontaneous fermentation without temperature control. Even in the vineyard, Mario tries to work as cleanly as possible, without stressing the plant too much. The characteristic that distinguishes the wines of Cascina Fontana is the freshness and aromatic intensity … they are very pleasant wines to drink, not too hard, but thanks to this large acid part they are wines that have a high potential over time.
Barolo from the Municipality of Castiglione Falletto is the most characteristic wine of the winery. Only a few thousand bottles produced, this wine comes from two beautiful vineyards all located in the country: “Villero”, famous for giving austere wines but with great class and elegance, and “Mariondino” famous for giving slightly rounder wines. Aging and refinement for this Barolo do not pay attention to time … the wine is only released when it is ready, after more than 4 years of rest in the cellar. Exclusive use of large oak and cement barrels for the aging of this wine. A Barolo that fully reflects its terroir and its power. Very fragrant, sensual, austere but with fine tannins, but with enormous potential for aging. Great Wine !!!

• Producer:Cascina Fontana di Mario Fontana
• Name: Barolo dal Comune di Castiglione Falletto
• Grape Variety: 100% Nebbiolo
• Vintage: 2016
• Alcohol Content: 14,5%
• Bottle Size: 750 ml
• Production: 4000

Productive Notes: maceration in contact with the skins for 40 days. Spontaneous fermentation in steel tanks. Aging in large oak barrels for 24 months, plus 1 year in concrete tanks.