2023 Cascina Fontana Dolcetto d'Alba, Piedmont, ItalyABOUT THE WINE This Dolcetto comes from organically farmed, family owned vineyards around the town of Barolo, where the Fontana family cultivates their vines with deep respect for tradition. The 2023 vintage was gently vinified in stainless steel to preserve purity and freshness, allowing the varietys hallmark dark fruit, violet, and bitter herb nuances to shine. Free from oak influence, the wine is expressive and honest, showing off Dolcettos

There was no soil but rocks

Stephane at Cuilleron and Les Vins de Vienne

The Houchars cultivate indigenous and international varietals – Cinsault

remaining as natural as possible without compromising the integrity of the wine

With the sale of part of the domaine to Leroy and the splitting off of pieces

summer was hot and dry

from planting density to pruning and sorting during the harvest

After a friend joked that he should learn how to actually make it

allow the production of exceptional cuvées

The wild yeast flora inside the cask “hibernates” in the fine fibers of the wood and ferments the same site again in a style comparable to its predecessors

Six years later the domaine became his

Spontaneous fermentation in fuder from the 1960s