Barbaresco Faset

Barbaresco
FASET

Located in the most renowned valley of the denomination, once owned by the Cocito counts of Neive. Faset sits on the top of the hill like Rabaja and Asili -its neighbours- do. The hill turns gently from South to West drawing two small curves. It can range from fresh, light tones by the river, robust in its center, ending more detailed, floral and elegant in the Asili’s edge.

In our case Faset comes from two plots, one exposed to full South and one that turns toward South-West; those are the natural continuation of Asili Valdrappo. This terroir let its grapes to mature finesse and an indefinite complexity that made this Barbaresco area famed. Faset plays on voluptuousness, he is stout and sensual. Fruit and flowers rhythmically take turn, opening into a wine of immediate balance.

DENOMINAZIONE:
BARBARESCO FASET
EXPOSURE AND ALTITUDE:
South, South-West, 240-260 masl.
GRAPE:
100% Nebbiolo
PLACE OF ORIGIN:
Serraboella di Neive - LANGHE
TRAINING:
Guyot, Planted in 1975-1990
VITICULTURE:
Organic with the sole use of sulphur and copper natural compound, manual or mechanic mowing to avoid herbicides, harvest is exclusively manual.
VINIFICATION:
Nebbiolo is all vinified with the same philosophy: subject to pressing and destemming then he ferments and macerates from 3 to 6 weeks in stainless steel than it finishes the maceration with the ancient technique of the submerged cap. At the end of the winter he is brought to the wood barrels where he stays around 1 year and a half or 2 years when his structure asks. 25 hectoliters Barrel made of Slavonian and/or Austrian oak.
SOIL:
Marly limestone belonging to the Laminated Marne di Sant’Agata fossili