Cascina delle Rose
Cascina delle Rose is located in the Rio Sordo Valley in Barbaresco. This 5HA estate is run by Giovanna Rizzolio, Italo Sobrino and their sons, Riccardo and Davide. Giovanna was one of the few women running a winery in the Langhe in the early 90’s, a pioneer for women winemakers in the region. As the name suggests, roses are indeed omnipresent on the farm and in the vineyards, practicing organic viticulture.
It has been a family-run business since 1948, but they only bottled and sold under the Cascina della Rose label after Giovanna took over in 1992. Their small production focuses on Barbaresco from both the clay soils of the vineyard Rio Sordo and the calcareous soils of the Tre Stelle vineyard. They are the only producer to release a Tre Stelle cru Barbaresco. These steep hillside vineyards are all worked by hand; fermented with natural yeasts. They are then aged for 20- 22 months in large botti - mostly Slavonian with a few Swiss casks they purchased in 2016.
