Respect, Respect, Respect- for the soil, vine, and process of making wine.

Emilio and Marie Luisa learned this early on from Italo, they started assisting him in the 1960s, and together, have many vintages under their hats. When the great Italo passed away in the early 80s, they moved to Borgatta's farm and carried on his legacy. With three hectares of native vines of Dolcetto and Barbera grown in the silt-sandy soil, they took the baton of Italo's memory. They carried it intact to today through natural, authentic, complete, and intense wines.

The red wines of Cascina Borgatta are soil-driven wines- with structure and intensity that are well-suited for aging and fabulous for prompt consumption. The Barbera “La Borgatta” and the Dolcetto “La Milla” are perfect expressions of the land on which Cascina Borgatta stands. You get wines with full and soft fruity notes and refined spiciness. More so, they remain wines of great honesty and cleanliness. What you don’t get is what became the norm of the area for many years- ostentatious, stiff wines that lack nuance and fluidity.

Thankfully, the two farmers, both in their seventies (‘my wife is not young,’ jokes Emilio), are still working with youthful stubbornness and phenomenal pride, continuing their rebellion against the forced, manipulated wine style they saw through the years. Since day one, they implemented strict biological management with minimal tillage and interventions only with their hands and a bit of copper when needed. Preserving history one vine at a time, these two stewards of the land are the pioneers of organic agriculture in the region, farming for over half a century in the same way with no assistance from anyone or anything except Mother Nature.

We became aware of Cascina Borgatta in the summer of 2019. We traveled to see them and were instantly intoxicated by the wines and even more so by them. They are kind and generous people who warmly welcomed us in, told us their story, and presented us with a most lovely lunch, made by Maria Luisa. And the wines sang! Oh, and did we forget—they also are dog lovers.