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Elvio Cogno, Barolo Cascina Nuova 2013

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By Daniel Min · Tasted 2020-03-15 · Published 2026-09-23 · Updated 2026-09-23

In one paragraphElvio Cogno's Barolo Cascina Nuova 2013 is an "entry-level" Barolo made from 100% Nebbiolo off the Cascina Nuova vineyard (380m elevation, 3 hectares) in Novello, Piedmont, aged 24 months in large Slovenian oak barrels plus six months in bottle, with an annual production of about 20,000 bottles. Founder Elvio Cogno learned winemaking over many years at the respected La Morra house of Marcarini before buying an 18th-century farmhouse atop the Ravera hill in Novello in 1990 and going independent; today his daughter Nadia and her husband Valter Fissore, who has worked alongside him for over 25 years, carry the estate forward. On Vivino, this 2013 vintage has 747 ratings averaging 4.1 (the wine overall: 5,531 ratings, 4.0), with two listed critic scores of 92 and 93; wine.com separately lists James Suckling 97, Robert Parker 93, Wine Enthusiast 93, Wine & Spirits 92 and Wine Spectator 92. The nose leads with leather, earth and tar (313 mentions), followed by red fruit: cherry, raspberry (302). Structure: acidity a very high 4.6/5, tannin 4.3, intensity 3.8. Drinking window: 2018–2033. I scored it 4.0. World average price: US$58 per 750ml ex-tax (Wine-Searcher, Sept 2026) per 750ml, ex-tax, Wine-Searcher.

Elvio Cogno, Barolo Cascina Nuova 2013 bottle — my own photo, 2020.03 — Photo: Daniel Min, 2020.03 (Vivino log)

4.0

Father's rating / 5 ★★★★☆

4.1

Vivino 2013 vintage average (747 ratings)

93 / 100 (Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, per wine.com, checked Sept 2026)

World average US$58

World average price (Wine-Searcher)

At a glance

Producer

Elvio Cogno (Marcarini → 자립, 사위 Valter Fissore)

Region

Italy · Barolo (Piedmont, Novello)

Grapes

Nebbiolo 100%

Alcohol

14.5%

Style

Full-bodied, very high acidity (Vivino: Barolo)

Drinking window (Vivino)

2018 – 2033

Food pairing

Beef, Lamb, Pasta, Game (deer, venison)

World average price

World average US$58 / 750ml (ex-tax, Wine-Searcher, Sept 2026)

In one line

4.0/5 — lower than Vivino's 4.1 average · world avg price US$58 · Elvio Cogno, who spent years at the respected La Morra house of Marcarini, founded his own estate on the Ravera hill in Novello in 1990; today his son-in-law Valter Fissore carries it forward.

Two critic scores are listed on Vivino — 92 (Dec 2017), 93 (Aug 2017). Wine.com separately lists James Suckling 97, Robert Parker 93, Wine Enthusiast 93, Wine & Spirits 92 and Wine Spectator 92 (checked Sept 2026).

Market note: Wine.com listed it at $59.97 (checked Sept 2026, now out of stock). The Cascina Nuova vineyard sits at 380m elevation on 3 hectares, aged 24 months in large Slovenian oak barrels followed by 6 more months in bottle. Fermentation happens in temperature-controlled stainless steel with pump-overs, with 30 days of maceration.

Father's note — Daniel Min

Original author of the notes

2020-03-15 4.0 ★★★★☆

red fruitstrawberryraspberry

“정말 먹기 편하고 맛있는 바롤로. 오픈하자마자 방을 꽉 채우는 베리 아로마는 너무 향기롭고 기분을 좋게 한다.”

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“red fruit strawberry raspberry 정말 먹기편하고 맛있는 바롤로~~ 오픈하자마자 방을 꽉채우는 베리 아로마는 너무 향기롭고 기분을 좋게 한다.”

Min Haru Aspiring sommelier Level 1 · Cork

red fruitstrawberryraspberryA memory from March, at twenty-one

What I learned today: aroma doesn't stay in the glass; it fills the room first.

Thursday. A late guest emptied half a bottle and left first, leaving a cork and a half-full glass on the counter. I went to clear it, and something was strange: not just that spot, the whole bar smelled of berries. Minjae came through the door sniffing. "What's that smell in here?"

"Strawberry, raspberry, cherry. Leather and earth under it." I stopped mid-answer. Early spring when I was twenty-one, an evening with the window cracked open. The moment Father opened the bottle, the whole kitchen smelled of berries, before I'd even sat down. I don't know what that bottle was. Minjae waved a hand in front of my face.

Master Seo held up the bottle. Elvio Cogno Barolo Cascina Nuova. "Barolo doesn't usually talk to you this fast." This one, he said, is a Barolo made from young vineyards, meant for people just starting out. Father's note: "Berry aromas fill the room the moment it's opened." He'd watched this scent fill a room, too.

What I learned today: aroma doesn't stay in the glass; it fills the room first.

Haru's notebook lies open between the guest's cork and glass as Minjae asks about the smell in the room.

What this wine is

Before going independent, Elvio Cogno spent years in a productive partnership with Marcarini, the respected Barolo house in La Morra. Then in 1990 he bought an 18th-century farmhouse atop the Bricco Ravera hill near Novello and founded an estate under his own name. Ravera is considered the finest cru among the eleven communes that produce Barolo. For nearly two decades afterward, Cogno devoted himself to preserving the winemaking traditions passed down from his father and grandfather. Over time he handed leadership to his daughter Nadia and her husband Valter Fissore, who has worked alongside him for 25 years, and the two continue running the estate on a shared principle: elegant wines that respect the traditions, styles and flavors of the Langhe.

Cascina Nuova occupies a different position from the storied Ravera cru. It's made from 100% Nebbiolo off the Cascina Nuova vineyard — 380m elevation, 3 hectares — which the estate itself describes as an "assemblage of grapes from the youngest vineyards": not old vines like Ravera, but fruit gathered from relatively young plantings. The winery presents it as an entry point, for those "keen to have a more immediate understanding of Barolo" before moving on to more complex examples. It ferments in temperature-controlled stainless steel with automatic pump-overs and a 30-day maceration, then ages 24 months (including 60 days of lees contact) in large Slovenian oak barrels, followed by six more months in bottle before release. Annual production runs to about 20,000 bottles.

"Even young vineyards can produce an excellent Barolo" is the sentence that sums up this wine's reason for being. If the Ravera cru bottling shows the peak of what the Cogno estate can do, Cascina Nuova stands at the door, helping people understand the Barolo style itself before they walk through.

Haru — Seen from the night alley through the bar window: a guest has gone, leaving one cork and a half-full glass on the counter. — **Haru** Seen from the night alley through the bar window: a guest has gone, leaving one cork and a half-full glass on the counter.

What the world says

This 2013 vintage has 747 Vivino ratings averaging 4.1 — slightly above the wine's overall average of 4.0 across 5,531 ratings. Two critic scores are listed: 92 (Dec 2017) and 93 (Aug 2017); wine.com separately lists five publications — James Suckling 97, Robert Parker 93, Wine Enthusiast 93, Wine & Spirits 92 and Wine Spectator 92 (checked Sept 2026) — the deepest bench of critic coverage among the Barolo-tier wines this magazine has covered.

The flavor keywords lead with an earth group — leather, earthy, tar (313 mentions) — followed by red fruit: cherry, raspberry, strawberry (302). Structure: acidity 4.6/5, among the highest of any wine covered in this magazine, with tannin at a substantial 4.3 as well — the classic Nebbiolo profile of high acid meeting high tannin.

"91 points. Very good, ready to drink, strong tannins, feels very dry. Single vineyard, small at 1.5 hectares. 15,000 bottles, 24 months in large oak barrels." — Vivino review, Aug 2022, 4.1 stars

"This will grow up to greatness. Excellent now as a youngster. Decanted for many hours and showing all of the characteristics you want in a Barolo." — Vivino review, Mar 2018, 4.5 stars

Drinking window: 2018–2033. I drank mine in March 2020, early in that window.

How I drank it

15 March 2020, 4.0 stars. "Red fruit, strawberry, raspberry... A genuinely easy-to-drink, delicious Barolo~~ The berry aroma that filled the room the moment I opened it was so fragrant and put me in a good mood." A short but clear note — calling a Barolo "easy to drink" is unusual, and that's exactly the point: it's precisely what Cascina Nuova is designed to be, an entry-level Barolo.

Vivino's structure data shows this is not, on paper, an easygoing wine — acidity 4.6/5 and tannin 4.3 are both formidable. And yet my note reads "easy to drink." That gap seems to confirm the exact effect Cogno's own description of Cascina Nuova claims: a Barolo built to be "more immediately understood." The Ravera cru bottling likely wouldn't have come across this approachable. The phrase "filled the room with berry aroma" is also notable — Vivino's own data ranks this wine's top aroma group as earth and leather (313 mentions), with red fruit second (302). What struck me first and hardest wasn't necessarily what the wider community noticed first.

That same day I also logged Marqués de Riscal Reserva 2014 (2.0 stars — covered elsewhere on this site). Tasted side by side, Cascina Nuova clearly left the stronger impression. I gave it 4.0, almost exactly matching the community average of 4.1 — a score with no real gap, which reads as a sign this wine did exactly what an "entry-level" Barolo is supposed to do.

Vivino community data

2013 vintage rating distribution (747 ratings, average 4.1)

5★		111 (15%)
4★		478 (64%)
3★		139 (19%)
2★		19 (3%)
1★		0 (0%)

Most-mentioned aromas

Family	Mentions	Top keywords
Earth	313	leather 89 · earthy 74 · tar 53 · smoke 26 · minerals 12
Red fruit	302	cherry 102 · red fruit 70 · raspberry 40 · strawberry 34 · red cherry 21
Oak	198	oak 70 · tobacco 33 · chocolate 26 · vanilla 21 · cedar 13
Spice	120	licorice 27 · pepper 22 · mint 17 · cinnamon 10 · savory 8
Black fruit	71	blackberry 18 · plum 15 · black cherry 10 · black fruit 7 · dark fruit 6
Floral	48	violet 19 · rose petal 10 · dried rose 9 · perfume 4 · dried flowers 2
Citrus	24	orange 11 · orange peel 5 · citrus 4 · orange rind 2 · blood orange 1

Structure: Acidity 4.6/5 · Intensity 3.8/5 · Tannin 4.3/5 · Sweetness 1.5/5

Average by vintage (all vintages: 5531 ratings, average 4.0)

Vintage	Average	Ratings
2021	4.1	93
2020	4.1	207
2019	4.1	295
2018	4.1	394
2017	4.1	500
2016	4.1	504
2015	4.0	500
2013	4.1	747
2012	4.0	411
2011	4.1	502
2010	3.9	338
2009	4.0	390
2008	3.9	188
2007	4.0	153
2006	4.0	84

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Frequently asked questions

What kind of wine is Elvio Cogno Barolo Cascina Nuova 2013?

A Barolo made from 100% Nebbiolo off the Cascina Nuova vineyard (380m elevation) in Novello, Piedmont, aged 24 months in large Slovenian oak barrels. Vivino: 747 ratings averaging 4.1; listed critic scores run 92–97.

How much does it cost?

World average price: pending Wine-Searcher confirmation (US$58 per 750ml ex-tax (Wine-Searcher, Sept 2026)). Wine.com listed it at $59.97 (checked Sept 2026, now out of stock).

What food pairs well with it?

Vivino users suggest beef, lamb, pasta and game. With acidity at 4.6/5 and tannin at 4.3, it pairs especially well with truffle pasta, aged cheese or rich meat dishes.

How is this different from the Ravera cru Barolo?

A different tier from the same estate. Ravera is the vineyard Elvio Cogno bought in 1990, considered the estate's finest cru, while Cascina Nuova gathers fruit from younger vines to make a relatively more approachable "entry-level" Barolo.

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Elvio Cogno, Barolo Cascina Nuova 2013

At a glance

In one line

Father's note — Daniel Min

What this wine is

What the world says

How I drank it

Vivino community data

2013 vintage rating distribution (747 ratings, average 4.1)

Most-mentioned aromas

Average by vintage (all vintages: 5531 ratings, average 4.0)

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