Cascina Corte

The Integrity Take

Sandro is a charming, sweet man making wonderful wines on his small, but perfect estate in Dogliani. He is using ancient methods to extract wonder flavors and minerality from Dolcetto, Barbera and Nebbiolo. He is a fierce critic of oversauced French food and prefers his food as fresh as his wines!

Sandro purchased the abandon vineyards and house in 2001.
Vineyards planted at the end of WWII
Dolcetto, as well as other wines, is produced in terra cotta amphora

The Story

Sandro Barosi and his partner, Amalia, bought Cascina Corte in 2001. The vines date back to the 40s and 50s with house and property dating back to the middle of the 17th century. Sandro uses both organic and biodynamic practices to express the purest, most balanced wine his land can produce. Certified organic by ICEA.

Hidden away in the hills of San Luigi, this is one of the best areas for producing Dolcetto di Dogliani. In 2002, 1.5 hectares of new vineyards were planted, half with Nebbiolo and half with Barbera, bringing the couple’s vineyards to about 5 hectares. Different rootstocks were planted depending on the terrain of each area.

Sandro’s primary focus on the vineyard is the fertility of the land. He uses only verdigris and quarry sulfur in extremely limited amounts. No chemical fertilizers and only green manure (cross cropping with clover and tick-beans then working them back into the soil to increase organic matter, improve top-soil depth, nutrient content, friability, etc…  Vineyards consist of limestone, blue tufa and clay soils. Vines are guyot-trained. All estate-grown, hand-harvested, and fermented with natural yeast, the grapes are gently handled in the cellar with no maceration and no manual pump-over.

Cascina Corte looks over the plateau of Carrù to the southwest and the Maritime Alps and Mont Vis in the distance. To the northwest, the landscape is less expansive, with the hilltop town of Monforte d’Alba as its backdrop.