Winemaker
Davide Mozzone
- Discipline
- Winemaker
- Based in
- Castiglione Falletto, Italy
i. Biography
Succession in a Barolo estate is practical work before it is biography: vineyard choices, cellar discipline, and the reading of place have to move from one set of hands to the next without breaking the line. At Cascina Bongiovanni, Davide Mozzone worked alongside Olga before taking over the estate, then set the work around reduced yields, clear attention to soil potential, and classic Barolo from the Pernanno cru vineyard. The frame remains Castiglione Falletto: family continuity, restrained farming, and winemaking built to keep site legible.
The Path
Estate succession in Castiglione Falletto depends on observation as much as authority. Davide Mozzone worked alongside Olga before taking over the estate at Cascina Bongiovanni in Castiglione Falletto, Italy, which placed the craft in a line of practice rather than a break from it. The useful inheritance was operational: how decisions are timed, how a vintage is read, and how responsibility is carried in a place where Barolo history is part of the working conditions. Ownership and winemaking meet most clearly where vineyard, cellar, and label are treated as one job. Today, Davide is owner / proprietor of Cascina Bongiovanni / Azienda Agricola Bongiovanni di Mozzone Davide and winemaker of Cascina Bongiovanni. The estate’s work starts with the land around Castiglione Falletto and continues through choices meant to preserve a family language while tightening its expression.
The Work Today
Barolo work rewards restraint because Nebbiolo exposes imprecision. Today, Mozzone is owner of Cascina Bongiovanni and owner of Azienda Agricola Bongiovanni in Castiglione Falletto, where the approach is built on attentiveness rather than excess. Quality is pursued through restraint in the vineyard and precision in the cellar, with the understanding that small decisions carry visible weight in the finished wine. Yield reduction is one of the estate’s central tools for concentration and balance. In the vineyards, he reduced yields to enhance soil potential and maximize quality, including green harvesting at night early on. The point is not display; it is control of vigor, protection of freshness, and selection aimed at giving the fruit a clearer channel for the ground it comes from.
Signature
The estate’s signature range is Barolo and extended through regional wines that keep the same working vocabulary. Davide's signature wines include Barolo Pernanno, Langhe Rosso "FALETTO" 2022 DOC, Barolo DOCG, Barbera d'Alba 2023 DOC, and Dolcetto di Diano d'Alba 2024 DOCG. Together, they show the estate through structure, cru identity, and the more immediate registers of Langhe and Alba appellations. Barolo Pernanno is the clearest statement of the estate’s Barolo position: a classic Barolo drawn from the Pernanno cru vineyard and shaped by reduced yields and careful selection. Langhe Rosso "FALETTO" 2022 DOC, Barolo DOCG, Barbera d'Alba 2023 DOC, and Dolcetto di Diano d'Alba 2024 DOCG broaden the range without severing it from the same family of decisions.
Acclaim
Recognition here rests less on external decoration than on identifiable estate markers: Pernanno cru Barolo, a family-founded farmstead, and a winemaking approach that joins modern technique with inherited practice. For Castiglione Falletto, that combination places the work in a known grammar: concentrated reds, classic Barolo, and a label whose symbols point back to family ground. Stewardship is the operative distinction in Davide Mozzone’s profile. The estate is carried by accumulated choices rather than spectacle: reduced yields, attention to soil potential, and respect for the Barolo forms that define this corner of Italy. At Cascina Bongiovanni / Azienda Agricola Bongiovanni di Mozzone Davide, the past functions as structure, giving present-day precision a frame to work within.
Profile updated July 2026
FAQ
Asked of Davide
Where did Davide Mozzone work before?
Davide Mozzone's earlier career included Cascina Bongiovanni.
What is Davide Mozzone known for?
Production of classic Barolo wines from the Pernanno cru vineyard.
