Amalia Battaglia

The Climb

Today, the co-ownership of Cascina Corte since 2001 places Amalia Battaglia inside a long-running estate project where continuity matters as much as output. The work has been less a leap than a steady rebuild, with the neglected property brought back into use through attention that restores function before it seeks finish.

Today

Since 2001, Battaglia and Alessandro Barosi have shaped Cascina Corte around organic wine production in Dogliani. The method stays close to the fruit: vineyard and cellar decisions are built to keep the grape character clear, direct, and unmasked. That restraint defines the house style. The grapes are hand-picked, fermenting yeasts are not added, the wines are not filtered or clarified, and sulfur is kept minimal. As they put it, "Our wines are produced with hand-picked grapes without the addition of fermenting yeasts." It is a concise statement of intent: keep intervention low, and let the material carry the wine. In the cellar, the work follows natural-wine principles and adapts to the grape rather than forcing a single template. Aging takes place either in stainless steel or in used wooden barrels, depending on the grape variety. Each step is practical, each omission deliberate, and the finished wines reflect that measured sequence.

Signature

Amalia's signature wines include Dogliani San Luigi, Dogliani Superiore, Cascina Corta Apmphorae 2016, and Barolo Amalia 2019. Taken together, they show the project’s range while staying within the same frame: place-led, restrained, and built around the grape rather than around effects.

In Their Words “Cascina Corte is a small winery that we, Amalia Battaglia and Sandro Barosi, have brought back to life with passion and enthusiasm.” “Our wines are produced with hand-picked grapes without the addition of fermenting yeasts.”

Recognition

Dogliani Superiore, made from grapes grown in La Pirochetta, anchors the recognition attached to the project. The vineyard was planted in 1946 and had always yielded outstanding wines, and that detail places the estate’s work inside a longer line of cultivation rather than outside it.