# Rocche di Castiglione (Poderi e Cantine Oddero)

> Red, Barolo DOCG by [Poderi e Cantine Oddero](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/poderi-e-cantine-oddero.md), Barolo, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/poderi-e-cantine-oddero-rocche-di-castiglione).

- **Producer:** Poderi e Cantine Oddero
- **Style:** Red
- **Denomination:** Barolo DOCG
- **Grape:** Nebbiolo 100%
- **Cru / vineyard:** Rocche di Castiglione
- **Production area:** Castiglione Falletto and Monforte d'Alba. 250 m asl, southeastern exposure. 0.66 ha, one of the estate's oldest vineyards at 70 years old.
- **Soil:** Loose, meagre soil with emerging bedrock, shallow and dry in summer, rich in calcareous marl and sandstone.
- **Exposure:** Southeastern
- **Harvest:** First 10 days of October
- **Vineyard planting:** 2.00 x 0.90 m spacing, 4,500 vines/ha, Guyot upward-trained vertical-trellised system
- **Vinification:** Organically farmed since 2010. Careful manual grape selection in vineyard and cellar, gentle destemming and pressing, fermentation and maceration for about 25 days, malolactic fermentation in December. Aged 100% in 20-hectoliter French oak barrels for 30 months, bottled at the end of summer with a further year of bottle ageing before release. 2,500-2,600 bottles produced.
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-25



## Summary

A single-vineyard Barolo from one of the estate's oldest plots, a narrow strip cultivated for over 80 years on the steep, shallow-soiled Rocche di Castiglione cru.

## Tasting notes

Elegant, with fine tannins, persistent taste and minerality reflecting the vineyard's sandy, calcareous soil. Ruby red with light garnet reflections, delicate spice and liquorice notes and a bouquet of red berries, with an extraordinarily long finish.