Cascina Corte is an organic farm located in Dogliani , on the hill that lies not eve n a few miles away from Barolo , which Alessandro Barosi and his wife Amalia Battaglia purchased back in 2001 . Alessandro used to work for Slow Wine , while Amalia is a doctor . They carried out major restructuring work both on the old 18th-century winemaker’s house , which they restored to its original condition using natural materials , and on the abandoned vineyards that had been leased by the previous owner to a sharecropper . The estate spans over 15 hectares , but less than half of that is planted with vines . They started with 3 . 5 hectares of old Dolcetto vines , planted between 1946 and ...