Cascina Fontana Barolo del Comune di Castiglione Falletto 2021 NO20230927 René Rostaing's uncle Marius Gentaz

René Rostaing's uncle Marius Gentaz and father-in-law Albert Dervieux were legends of the appellation

and this is the magnum to make it with

then aged 18 months on its lees

the wine has shed its youthful austerity and entered a window of complex

Cascina Fontana Barolo del Comune di Castiglione Falletto 2021 NO20230927 René Rostaing's uncle Marius GentazTraditional Barolo from two of Castiglione Falletto's finest crus: Villero and Valletti (in the Mariondino vineyard). Cascina Fontana is a small, family run estate on the Perno hill in Monforte d'Alba, where Mario Fontana carries on a long tradition of cultivating Dolcetto, Barbera, and Nebbiolo. Each parcel is vinified separately, then the wines are blended and aged approximately two years in Slavonian oak barrels (2527 hectoliters). Hand harvested