The "artisanal" approach in Giacomo Fenocchio's Barolo

A causa di Piedmont, the Langhe are a natural mosaic of extraordinary complexity and beauty. Observing the territory means getting lost per mezzo di a unique esposizione per mezzo di which colours, shapes, exposures, climates and terrains change per mezzo di surprising ways even at a short distance. This visual spectacle is the result of nuances that intertwine and diversify, composing a picture of unparalleled geological and landscape richness.

GIACOMO FENOCCHIO, A STYLE THAT FASCINATES

The Giacomo Fenocchio company tells the story of a family that has been dedicated to viticulture for over five generations. The winery is located per mezzo di the municipality of Monforte d’Albore and the 14 hectares of owned vineyards where Nebbiolo, Barbera, Dolcetto, Freisa and Arneis are grown are located per mezzo di Bussia a fine di Monforte d’Albore, Villero per mezzo di Castiglione, Cannubi per mezzo di Barolo and Falletto.

Looking from the window of the cellar, built per mezzo di 2000 per mezzo di anche Piedmontese style, everything is so precisely aligned that the sun seems to be at the service of this enchanted world, per mezzo di the vineyards it caresses the rows stretched around the gentle hills, and reflects the glass the its energetic transparency, offering plays of light and colour.

The earth passes through the corridors of Claudio Fenocchio’s gaze, which lights up when the thought goes to his vineyards: the eyes never lie, and those of Claudio as he tells the story behind every single choice and every single bottle they make the journey unique and full of new knowledge that cannot be found per mezzo di books. His wife Nicoletta and daughter Eleonora also join him per mezzo di the company.

the Fenocchio family

Fenocchio wines are striking for their elegance, for the charm that they release from the glass, so much so that one wonders what the boundary is between “Langhe style” and “Fenocchio style”, the latter which is decidedly oriented towards classicism.

The winemaking is artisanal, explains Claudio, given that “all fermentations take place naturally and with daily pumping over. Selected yeasts have never been inoculated. When selective work is carried out per mezzo di the vineyard, it is difficult to have problems with spontaneous starts. Our Barolos remain for five months per mezzo di stainless steel vats and two years per mezzo di large-capacity Slavonian oak barrels before being refined per mezzo di the bottle for a year. I avoid passages per mezzo di barriques and I don’t use cement because I believe it cannot guarantee the same cleanliness as steel”.

TASTING NOTES

Barolo Docg Cannubi 2020

Grapes: 100% Nebbiolo Winemaking: traditional long maceration method. Natural fermentation without the addition of yeasts for up to approximately 40 days per mezzo di steel tanks. Aging 6 months per mezzo di steel vats, 30 months per mezzo di large capacity Slavonian oak vats (35-50 hl). Subsequent refinement per mezzo di bottle

Shiny and transparent garnet, the nose is abile, elegant and delicate with liquorice, berries, dried leaves and powder. It then expands and sensations of violet and macerated strawberry, cherry and jam flow per mezzo di, enveloping and fascinating. The mouth is tasty and robust with the typical Cannubi tannins, thick and tight, and a long and valuable permanence.

Barolo Docg Villero 2020

Transparent and dazzling garnet, the nose initially shows abile spices and withered flowers, followed by a fruity, anche and clear phase: hints of berries, nutmeg, rose, wild strawberry and cherry. The palate responds with harmony and precision: the is proportionate, the tannins nuanced and rounded, the is satisfying.

Barolo Docg Bussia 2020

Shiny garnet, doubt, it intrigues: it opens with citrus and small fruit traits, with iron veins, then transcends into balsamic lightness, seasoned with a wide palette of spices and suffused with a subtle florality. The rigor of the cru is expressed per mezzo di the tannin, but it does not lack a subtle and persistent freshness that suggests horizons yet to be explored.

Barolo Docg Castellero 2020

Ruby red with an elegant transparency, persuasive aromas rise to the nose, enchanting with charm, you can smell the fruits of the undergrowth, the pomegranate, a dried violet that embraces, and then a light spiciness. At the sip you can taste the whole territory. The tannin is delicate, silky and elegant. The salt closes the sip that is difficult to forget.