In Stefano’s words: "A wine that’s rustic and wild in its youth, yet becomes an elegant gentleman as the years pass." Today this 2007 is splendid, with undergrowth, leather, black fruits... The tannins have softened but are still well structured, with a long finish, a wine to meditate on.
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Wine without added sulfites
- Designation
- Dolcetto Monferrato DOC
- Bottled by
- Cascina Degli Ulivi Di Sator Arepo SCRL
- Colour
- Red Wine
- Degree of alcohol
- 14 %
- To drink from
- 2026 to 2027
- rock’n’roll
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100% Nibiô, the local name for Dolcetto, which has been cultivated in this region for over 1,000 years, from 60-year-old vines grown biodynamically on clay-limestone soils, hence terre bianche or white earth, on the label. The vineyard faces northeast. Vinification: about one month of maceration, aged in 25 hl oak casks, without new oak, for 24 months. Bottled without fining or filtration, without the addition of sulphites. Lengthy bottle-ageing in the winery's own cellars.
Ilaria Bellotti
Ilaria Bellotti, humble winegrower with a big heart, is none other than the daughter of Stefano Bellotti from Cascina degli Ulivi. Stefano sadly passed away in the midst of the 2018 harvest... Many thought that the Cascina would change dramatically, missing the soul of the iconic winegrower, but Ilaria was not counting on it. With great courage, determination, and above all with the will to...
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