Cascina Sòt: the family, in Monforte d’Alba since 1975

The story

Five dates, one family

'50s
Grandparents Giuseppe and Maria
work the farm as sharecroppers: the land belongs to others, the toil is theirs.
1975
The farmhouse becomes ours
Giuseppe and Maria buy the property. From that year on, we are winegrowers on our own land.
1998
Leonardo and Silvana
buy out the other shares and become the sole owners of the winery.
2008
Maurizio arrives
The first vintage made by Maurizio opens the Barolo era at Cascina Sòt.
2012
The first bottles
reach the market under our own name. Then come Dolcetto, Rosato, Barbera Superiore and the others.

The Sanso family: Maurizio, Lorena, Silvana and Leonardo

Gaetano at work during bottling at Cascina Sòt

Leonardo Sanso next to the new oak vat just delivered to the cellar

Who works here

Six people, one winery

At Cascina Sòt the daily work is done by six of us: five of the family plus Luca, with seasonal help only for the hand harvest.

MaurizioWinemaker — leads production and the growth of the winery
LeonardoTradition — the vineyard, the hands, the memory
SilvanaOrganization — holds the farm together, every day
LorenaTastings — welcomes guests and presents the wines
GaetanoThe vineyard — Lorena's husband, on the team since 2023
LucaThe young winemaker — in the cellar and the vineyard with Maurizio, and now and then you'll find him at the tastings too

How we work

Few rules, all of them kept

No herbicides: grass between the rows, and in the vineyard a defence based mainly on copper and sulphur. In the cellar, order, hygiene and work done by hand. The winter cold takes care of tartaric stabilization, water from the well controls the temperatures.

How we farm the vineyard — SQNPI certification

Hand harvest among the rows — Hand harvest
Crate by crate, from late August to mid-October, each grape at its own moment.

The wooden vat with its handwritten sign — An artisan cellar
Wooden vats, handwritten signs, punch-downs done by arm. That's how it works here.

Tonneaux and barriques in the Cascina Sòt cellar — Time in wood
Tonneaux, barriques and large oak casks, in the same cellar where the wine was born. No shortcuts.

A year in the vineyard

The four seasons of the Bricco

The vineyard takes no holidays: every season has its work and its light.

The vines under snow with the Alps in the background — Winter
Pruning, silence, and the cold that stabilizes the wines in the cellar.

The green vines in spring with the snow-capped Alps — Spring
Budbreak: the new vintage starts here.

The green rows in summer around the winery — Summer
The vineyard at its greenest, between blue sky and thunderstorms.

The golden rows at sunset in autumn — Autumn
The harvest, and the gold of the rows once the grapes are in.

The vineyards

Nineteen hectares, Nebbiolo first of all

19hectares of vines

80%Nebbiolo

2named vineyards (MGA)

250–520metres above sea level

On the official Barolo map

Two vineyards, one village

The official Barolo map with Cascina Sòt's vineyards: Bricco San Pietro (about 14 hectares) and San Giovanni (about 5 hectares) in Monforte d'Alba

① Bricco San Pietro, about 14 hectares — ② San Giovanni, about 5 hectares. All in Monforte d'Alba, inside the Barolo DOCG.

Come and meet us

The real story, we tell you here

Come to the farmhouse: we show you the vineyards, the cellar and the brick-vaulted room, with a glass in hand.

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