Asti, Piedmont

Il Cascinone

Il Cascinone is a Piedmont estate in the Monferrato hills near Asti, working old-vine fruit across the region. It has built a name for serious, characterful wines that drink well above their price, led by a range of Barbera that runs from approachable, fruit-forward bottlings to single-vineyard selections off sixty-year-old vines. The wines are smooth, generous and reliably good value, an easy way into the warmth and charm of Piedmontese reds.

Up in the rolling Monferrato hills near Asti, this is warm, welcoming Piedmont, the gentler counterpart to the serious hills of Barolo and Barbaresco to the west. It's Barbera country, and Il Cascinone has made its name on exactly that: honest, characterful reds that taste like they should cost a good deal more.

Barbera leads the way here, and the estate shows just how far the grape can stretch, from bright, juicy, everyday bottlings to single-vineyard cuvées off vines pushing sixty years old, with real depth and grip. Smooth, dark-fruited, and always generous.

If you want an easy and rewarding way into the charm of Piedmont without the Nebbiolo price tag, this is it.

Wines currently available

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2022 Rive Barbera d'Asti

Barbera · Barbera d'Asti Rive DOCG · Piedmont

$41 per bottle

Araldica is one of Piedmont's most respected growers, and this Barbera comes from its Il Cascinone estate in the Monferrato hills near Asti. Rive draws on prime slopes for a smooth, fruit-forward style: ripe black cherry and plum, fresh acidity and a whisper of oak, with the easy drinkability Barbera does so well. Honest, generous and remarkable value.

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2022 Barbera d'Asti d'Annona

Barbera · Barbera d'Asti d'Annona DOCG · Piedmont

$51 per bottle

D'Annona is a step up, a single-vineyard selection from sixty-year-old vines at Fontanile, hand-harvested and given more time and care. The result is the more serious Barbera: concentrated dark fruit, a savoury depth and a longer, firmer finish, with the structure to take a few years. Old-vine character at a price that still surprises.

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