MARIUCCIA BORIO AWARD FOR 50 YEARS IN THE VINEYARD
MARIUCCIA BORIO AWARD FOR 50 YEARS IN THE VINEYARD

MARIUCCIA BORIO AWARD FOR 50 YEARS IN THE VINEYARD

THE ASTIGIANA WINE ENTREPRENEUR (CASCINA CASTLÈT) WITHDRAW IT AT THE GENUSS FILM FESTIVAL IN ZUG. A SPECIAL EDITION OF LITINA BARBERA D'ASTI SUPERIORE CELEBRATES THE 50 HARVESTS

A special award for 50 years of work in the vineyard and cellar was awarded to Mariuccia Borio , a wine entrepreneur from Costigliole d'Asti, in Piedmont, where she leads her Cascina Castlèt company (31 hectares of vineyards). He picked it up at the Genuss Film Festival in Zug , flanked by its Swiss importers Casa del Vino. The motivation reads "for what he did for wine in his life".

Her story as a wine entrepreneur began in 1970, when on the death of her father she inherited part of Cascina Castlèt, about 5 hectares, in total there were 20 hectares that her grandfather had divided between the 4 sons. «Women were excluded from the inheritance of the land - Mariuccia recalls - they brought the land only as a dowry. For me, an only child, there was no other solution but I didn't think of this and I left without prejudice ».

So at 23, Mariuccia returns to her country of origin, after spending a few years in the city, in Turin, at the counter of the family bottle shop: an experience that helped her to see beyond. «I came back with a new vision of Barbera - explains the wine producer - at the time it was the wine that was sold in bulk and I immediately made an important choice: to sell wine only in bottles, choosing the right packaging. I planted new vineyards and I wanted professional skills in the cellar: oenologist and agronomist ». Since then the hectares have grown: today they are over thirty hectares of vineyards on the hills of Costigliole.

"I love my land, I have it in my DNA - says the winemaker - I bet on the land and local vines: Barbera, Moscato, Uvalino, Chardonnay and Cabernet, which have been present in our territory since the nineteenth century".

LITHINA BARBERA D'ASTI SUPERIORE 50 HARVESTS

To celebrate the 50 harvests, Mariuccia has chosen a wine of the heart: Litina Barbera d'Asti Superiore . A special edition, the 2017 harvest, with a dedicated label and 20 thousand bottles, which tell the dream come true. It is the vineyard that Aunt Litina brought as a dowry, right next to Cascina Castlèt. A solid and concrete Barbera, like her, to which this wine is dedicated.

«Barbera is the vine that best expresses this territory and it is the first wine I bottled - recalls Mariuccia Borio - We made the first vinification in the cellar under the house, in small concrete tanks. It is normal for me to be the wine of the heart ». And he adds: «It is the only wine of mine that offers the three Cs on the label, initials of Cascina Castlèt Costigliole. It is the symbol of innovation in respect of the traditions and generosity of our rural families, of love for the cultivation of the land ».

Litina ages in oak barrels for eight months, and then rests in the bottle for over a year: it is a wine to drink after good aging.

24/09/2021
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