Cascina Roccalini
The story of Cascina Roccalini, a wine-producing reality from the Langhe linked to the tradition of Barbaresco, began in 2004, the year in which Paolo Veglio, a young and passionate winemaker, started vinifying the grapes from his own vineyards with the help of the expert oenologist Dante Scaglione, who for years was a consultant for a reference point in the area like Bruno Giacosa. Until that moment, the grapes were delivered to the Bruno Giacosa winery, as the producer considered the grapes from the Roccalini plot to be among the finest in the entire Barbaresco area. Maintaining a handcrafted and traditional style, supported by his mother Luciana, Paolo faithfully interprets the land he has cultivated since adolescence, from which he produces a very limited quantity of high-quality wine.
Cascina Roccalini cultivates approximately 5 hectares of vineyards reserved for the traditional Langhe varieties Nebbiolo, Barbera, and Dolcetto, grown according to the principles of organic farming, thus excluding the use of herbicides and synthetic chemical products. The vineyards are surrounded by 15 hectares of woods owned by the estate, which has been chosen to be maintained in order to preserve the biodiversity of the territory. In the winery, fermentations occur completely spontaneously thanks to the sole intervention of indigenous yeasts, accompanied by long macerations on the skins with submerged cap in cement or stainless steel tanks, with the subsequent aging periods taking place in the same type of containers or in large Slavonian oak barrels, depending on the wine in question. Throughout the entire process, the use of clarification or filtration operations is excluded, in maximum respect of the territorial and varietal characteristics.
The story of Cascina Roccalini, a wine-producing reality from the Langhe linked to the tradition of Barbaresco, began in 2004, the year in which Paolo Veglio, a young and passionate winemaker, started vinifying the grapes from his own vineyards with the help of the expert oenologist Dante Scaglione, who for years was a consultant for a reference point in the area like Bruno Giacosa. Until that moment, the grapes were delivered to the Bruno Giacosa winery, as the producer considered the grapes from the Roccalini plot to be among the finest in the entire Barbaresco area. Maintaining a handcrafted and traditional style, supported by his mother Luciana, Paolo faithfully interprets the land he has cultivated since adolescence, from which he produces a very limited quantity of high-quality wine.
Cascina Roccalini cultivates approximately 5 hectares of vineyards reserved for the traditional Langhe varieties Nebbiolo, Barbera, and Dolcetto, grown according to the principles of organic farming, thus excluding the use of herbicides and synthetic chemical products. The vineyards are surrounded by 15 hectares of woods owned by the estate, which has been chosen to be maintained in order to preserve the biodiversity of the territory. In the winery, fermentations occur completely spontaneously thanks to the sole intervention of indigenous yeasts, accompanied by long macerations on the skins with submerged cap in cement or stainless steel tanks, with the subsequent aging periods taking place in the same type of containers or in large Slavonian oak barrels, depending on the wine in question. Throughout the entire process, the use of clarification or filtration operations is excluded, in maximum respect of the territorial and varietal characteristics.
