750ml
ForteMasso Barolo ”Castelletto” DOCG
Barolo Castelletto is the wine that most represents Fortemasso, with a distinctive elegance that best expresses the characteristics of the region. This wine delivers increasingly intense and complex emotions as time goes on.
Varietal: 100% Nebbiolo
Appellation: Barolo DOCG
Production Zone: Monforte d’Alba, Piedmont; 360-400 mt a.s.l. Soil: Diano sandstone, made up of sand, silt and clay
Vinification: Fermentation in stainless steel tanks with daily cap pump overs and y submerged cap maceration for 8-10 days. . During maceration, which lasts an average of twenty-five to thirty days, malolactic fermentation also takes place
Maturation: Ageing in wood begins in December and lasts an average of thirty months. The wine spends eight – ten months of further ageing in the bottle before being released for sale.
Tasting Notes & Pairing Ideas
- Luminous ruby red, intense, with subtle hints of orange. Generous bouquet with delicate notes of violets, spices, mown hay, and black liquorice. On the palate is full-volumed, well-balanced, with a lengthy, multi-layered finish that ends with a savory, lingering hint of black liquorice.
- During its initial years, it is ideal with complex, full-flavored main courses, such as wild game and medium-aged cheeses; after ten years’ cellaring, it becomes the perfect partner to long-aged cheeses and even to semi-sweet chocolate.
Winery Profile
- The Gussalli Beretta family purchased Fortemasso, in Castelletto, Monforte d’Alba in 2013: a 5-hectare property planted to Nebbiolo for the production of Barolo DOCG wines, with an additional 3 hectares, meant for the production of Langhe Nebbiolo DOC and Barbera d’Alba DOC.
- Leveraging the excellent quality of the land acquired, the expert staff is following a very specific production philosophy: high emphasis on the vineyards and limited intervention in the winemaking process, in order to preserve each grape variety’s characteristic features.
- The subterranean, environmentally sustainable cellar is ideal for preserving the rural landscape above ground, while its design centers around modern production processes.