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Cascina Sòt
Cascina Sòt is a small family estate in Monforte d'Alba, in the Bussia San Pietro area. The farmhouse is more than 400 years old. Maria and Giuseppe, who had worked the land as sharecroppers, bought the property in 1975, and their son Leonardo and his wife Silvana made wine the main business. Today Maurizio Sanso runs the estate with his parents and his sister Lorena.
The vineyards sit at about 350 metres between the Bricco San Pietro and Bricco San Giovanni hills, on clay and limestone soils. The range covers Barolo, including a Bricco San Pietro bottling and a Riserva, plus Langhe Nebbiolo, Barbera d'Alba, Dolcetto d'Alba, Piemonte Chardonnay, Langhe Nascetta and a rosé called Tramonto. Herbicides have been dropped in favour of grassing, and cellar temperatures are managed with the cold water of an old well. Monforte d'Alba is one of the eleven communes of the Barolo zone.
At a glance
- Region
- Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
- Address
- Loc. Bussia San Pietro 27/A, 12065 Monforte d'Alba (CN)
- Winemaker
- Maurizio Sanso
- Tours
- Available
- Tastings
- Available
- Wines listed
- 10
- Website
- https://cascinasot.com/
Visits & tastings
Visits are run by the family at the farmhouse in Monforte d'Alba, and the site asks that you book ahead. A visit covers vineyards, cellar and a tasting with the producers.
Tastings
- Wine tasting · 5 wines including a Barolo
- Deluxe tasting · 6 high-end wines including 2 Barolos
Tours
- Visit and tasting · vineyard walk, cellar visit · ends with 5 wines including Barolo, with cold cuts and cheese
- VIP visit and en primeur tasting · private visit with the producer · 7 wines including Barolo, two not yet released, with cold cuts and cheese
Good to know
- Open daily 10:30 to 12:30 and 14:30 to 18:30
- Book through the website; tastings from €15 per person
- Tastings can be held in English
- Groups up to 15 people
Contact
- +39 334 610 5267
- info@cascinasot.com
- Loc. Bussia San Pietro 27/A, 12065 Monforte d'Alba (CN)
Wines from Cascina Sòt
- Barbera d'Alba: Barbera d'Alba DOC, Barbera 100%, Red. Barbera fermented in steel, with malolactic fermentation in wood.
- Barbera d'Alba Superiore: Barbera d'Alba DOC Superiore, Barbera 100%, Red. Barbera aged 10 months in medium-sized French oak.
- Barolo Bricco San Pietro: Barolo DOCG, Nebbiolo 100%, Red. Single-vineyard Barolo from Bricco San Pietro, fermented in wooden tino and aged 28 months in French oak.
- Barolo Bricco San Pietro Riserva: Barolo DOCG Riserva, Nebbiolo 100%, Red. Riserva of the Bricco San Pietro Barolo, made only in the best vintages and aged 32 months in French oak.
- Barolo del Comune di Monforte d'Alba: Barolo DOCG, Nebbiolo 100%, Red. The estate's Barolo from the commune of Monforte d'Alba, aged 32 months in large Slavonian oak casks.
- Dolcetto d'Alba: Dolcetto d'Alba DOC, Dolcetto 100%, Red. Dolcetto made and aged in steel, meant for the whole meal.
- Langhe Nascetta: Langhe DOC Nascetta, Nascetta 100%, White. Nascetta given a short skin maceration before fermenting off the skins.
- Langhe Nebbiolo: Langhe DOC Nebbiolo, Nebbiolo 100%, Red. Nebbiolo with part of the wine aged six months in second-passage barriques.
- Piemonte Chardonnay: Piemonte DOC Chardonnay, Chardonnay 100%, White. Chardonnay vinified in purity, for aperitifs and lighter dishes.
- Tramonto: Vino Rosato, Nebbiolo, Barbera, Rosé. Rosé from native varieties of the area, direct pressed and aged on its lees for two months.