2022 Giacomo Fenocchio "Castellero" Barolo

Until 2011 the fruit from this parcel went into Giacomo Fenocchio's straight Barolo; that year it was bottled on its own for the first time. Castellero lies in the commune of Barolo between the Bussia and Cannubi crus. The Fenocchios, who have made wine in Monforte d'Alba since 1864, own just 0.4 hectares of it, bought after Giacomo took charge of the estate in 1964. The vines average about 40 years and grow at 280 meters in marl and tuff with a notable share of sand. Giacomo's son Claudio, in charge since 1989, makes it in the traditional style he maintained when many neighbors modernized: spontaneous fermentation, 40 days of maceration and 36 months in large Slavonian oak casks. Production is about 330 cases a year.