2022 Giacomo Fenocchio "Cannubi" Barolo

Cannubi is the best known hill in the commune of Barolo, and Giacomo Fenocchio bought a half hectare there in 1972, eight years after taking over a family estate whose history goes back to 1864. Those vines, about 45 years old, grow at 280 meters in Tortonian marl mixed with tuff and a prominent amount of sand. Claudio Fenocchio, Giacomo's son and the winemaker since 1989, ferments with indigenous yeasts over roughly 40 days of maceration and ages the wine 36 months in Slavonian oak casks of 20 to 25 hectoliters, the traditional approach he kept while many neighbors changed course. In 2022 the wine is floral and open, with bright cherry at its core. About 300 cases are made each year.