Giacomo Fenocchio – Barolo Castellero – 2016

In the Giacomo Fenocchio cellar you can breathe the tradition and the territory of the Langa.
It was born in 1864 in the hamlet of Bussia in Monforte d’Alba, for generations of wine producers, but only since the 1970s, thanks to Giacomo, did people start promoting and focusing on fine and quality wines. Now the winery is managed by the sons Claudio and Albino, who have always been in love with their land, so much so that they take care of the vineyards in the cleanest way possible, despite not having organic certification.
Nowadays the winery owns 11 hectares of vineyards located between the different municipalities of the Barolo area, but each with its own soil. The winery is mainly famous for producing Barolo from individual vineyards, such as Bussia, the legendary Cannubi and Villero and Castellero. All first-class vineyards !!!
The winery’s philosophy is to produce clean, territorial wines, with long maceration on the skins and the exclusive use of only the large barrel for aging, in order to enhance the various aromas, structure and tannins.
Barolo Castellero comes from the homonymous vineyard located in the municipality of Barolo, where the soils are a mix of sand and clay, giving the wines both spicy and fragrant scents, with intense but softer tannins. Their Castellero nose expresses cherry and licorice, in the mouth fine and peppery tannins. A very fun wine, pleasant to drink despite its complexity!

• Producer: Giacomo Fenocchio
• Name: Barolo Castellero
• Grape Variety: 100% Nebbiolo
• Vintage: 2016
• Alcohol Content: 14,5%
• Bottle Size: 750ml
• Production: 4000 bottles

Productive Notes: maceration on the skins for 40 days, fermentation in steel tanks at a controlled temperature with indigenous yeasts. Aging in large Slavonian oak barrels for 30 months.