2022 Giacomo Fenocchio "Villero" Barolo

Villero takes the Fenocchio range outside its home ground: while the family's other crus lie in Monforte d'Alba and Barolo, this one is in Castiglione Falletto. The parcel faces southwest at about 300 meters on iron rich calcareous clay, planted with Nebbiolo vines around 65 years old. The winery itself stands in Bussia, the cru Giacomo Fenocchio held to be the heart of Barolo. Claudio Fenocchio, who succeeded his father Giacomo in 1989 at an estate founded in 1864, treats Villero the traditional way: spontaneous fermentation, 40 days on the skins and 36 months in large Slavonian oak casks of 35 to 50 hectoliters. Roughly 500 cases are made in a typical year.