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Fenocchio’s Castellero comes from a cooler site east facing site. With similar soils to Cannubi. Darker fruited than Cannubi. Ripe, layered, nutty tannins, with an elegant, composed wine with a dark edge, lovely acidity support perfectly weighted core of fruit with a balanced richness. Claudio’s preference is to harvest on the earlier side, whilst making sure the tannins are suitably ripe for the vintage. It shows here in the energey of fine texture of the wine.
Tasting this alongside a 2019 Castellero a demonstration of just how well Claudio’s wines age and build generosity, complexity, expression, harmonious with rich fruit that starts to entice you into the glass. The texture softening rounding out the palate. Fantastic wine. Chocolate and truffles. Everything is dialed in.
The 2021 Barolo Castellero is taut and reticent, showing red fruit, iron, pepper and chalk. Earthy and mineral, with impressive structure and aging potential.
Antonio Galloni, Vinous 94+ Points
KS 95
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Claudio Fenocchio’s 2021 Barolos represent another important step forward for this family-owned domaine. The wines continue to gain in nuance, finesse and transparency, which is always great to see. Bottling a bit earlier than in the past is another choice that is paying off handsomely. Quite simply, the 2021s are some of the very finest Barolos I have tasted here.
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
Claudio Fenocchio’s estate is comprised of prized vineyards (14 hectares in total) spanning across Cannubi in Barolo, Villero in Castiglione Falletto, and Bussia in Monforte d’Alba, where his cantina rests at the crest of the hill.
In April of 1989, Claudio’s father, Giacomo passed away, leaving him to take over all farming and winemaking duties for the estate. These were challenging times for Barolo, Claudio explains. When many producers were pushing innovative ways to make Barolo, and having great commercial success, Claudio never strayed from the path of tradition. Just like the four generations that preceded him (the estate was founded in 1864), Claudio continued producing his wines with the time-honoured techniques of the classic style: organic farming, with long fermentations on the skins and aging only in large Slavonian oak casks.
“We consider our farm an organic business although we have not been certified yet; we are participating, however, to the European project that encourages sustainable farming and we follow agricultural practices passed on for generations.
We will combine the newly purchased vineyards with those from our family heritage to craft a quality wine that best represents its territory of origin, which we aim to protect in any possible way.
What has given consistency and shaped our family farming business for generations is the respect for the work of our forefathers and the willingness to continue this tradition.”
Claudio Fenochhio
The new winery at Giacomo Fenocchio.
Giacomo Fenocchio is based in Bussia Soprano at the very top of Monforte d’Alba. This wine comes from the fabled vineyard Villero in Castiglione Falletto.
This 3D flyover is Epic covering each of the communes you can see just how varied and extreme the aspect of each vineyard is and how in the space of a few metres just how dramatically the change.
The 2021 Barolo Castellero is taut and reticent, showing red fruit, iron, pepper and chalk. Earthy and mineral, with impressive structure and aging potential.
Where in the world does the magic happen?
Azienda Agricola Giacomo Fenocchio, frazione Bussia Soprana, Monforte d'Alba, Province of Cuneo, Italy
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