Cascina S. Martino

On the slopes of Ovada, at the southern tip of wine-producing Piedmont, Cascina S. Martino has been cultivating Dolcetto for three generations. The work aims to extract dark, structured wines from volcanic soils, far removed from the image of simplicity often associated with the grape variety. Harvesting involves manual selection of bunches, feeding into a winemaking process attentive to long maturation times. The regulations for Dolcetto di Ovada Superiore mandate at least twelve months of aging, and it is during this waiting period that the wine builds its mineral backbone and ripe plum character that define it and set it apart from more immediate Dolcetto wines. For fifteen years, cultivation has proceeded without herbicides, a choice that anchors the winery to a quality linked to the territory rather than yield. Here, the DOCG is not a prestigious label but the consequence of a method: few hectares, patience in the cellar, and a soil that imparts an unexpected seriousness to Dolcetto, capable of standing comparison with far more renowned reds from the nearby Langhe.

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