Vineyard: Villero in the village of Castiglione Falletto (CN)
Grape Harvest: Towards the middle of October.
Wine-making process: Estate-grown bunches, thinned during the summer, undergo traditional-style, floating cap fermentation for 15/20 days. The wine is then matured in medium-sized Slavonian oak barrels for around 30 months.
Bottling: After four years following the vintage
The fine wines grown on the Giuseppe Mascarello farm include – alongside Barolo MONPRIVATO – the following Barolos: Bricco, Villero, and Codana from vineyards in Castiglione Falletto, and Santo Stefano di Perno from vineyards in Monforte d’Alba.
The range is completed by three Barbera d’Alba crus: Codana, Santo Stefano di Perno and Santo Stefano Scudetto; Dolcetto d’Alba Bricco and Dolcetto d’Alba Santo Stefano; Freisa Langhe Toetto, Nebbiolo Langhe, Nebbiolo d’Alba San Rocco and Langhe Rosso.The grapes from each single vineyard are vinified separately, a procedure that allows for the making of wines of the highest quality and with their own particular properties, varying from vineyard to vineyard. The name of the vineyard and the village where it is located are given on the label of each wine.
The skilled tending of the vineyards, handling of the wine-making processes, and maturing of the wines in large Slavonian oak casks are an element of cultural continuity with the past, keeping faith with local tradition and the work of four generations of vine-dressers. A large part of the production is now exported throughout the world, from the United States to Switzerland, Germany, Great Britain, Austria, Canada, Belgium, Denmark, Norway and Japan.
