VALFACCENDA
Vindabagna 2020 [1 L]
Piedmont, Italy
From their young vines of Arneis, this wonderful col fondo was made by infusing around 10% of whole bunches in the fermenting juice of a direct press. After a couple of weeks in cuve, the bunches were pressed, releasing their sugars and the wine was put into bottle to finish fermentation. The result is a litre of dry, cloudy and salty sparkling wine that offers pure refreshment.
Arneis
ABOUT THE PRODUCER
Luca Faccenda grew up in the hills of Roero and his family has been growing grapes in the Valle Faccenda, a small valley between Canale and Cisterna for generations.
Today Luca farms five hectares of Arneis and Nebbiolo spread out across several parcels, including a small holding in one of Roero’s great crus, Valmaggiore. Stylistically, he has no desire to emulate the blockbuster wines of his more famous neighbours in the nearby Langhe, well aware that the steep, sandy slopes here have little in common with the rolling hills found south of the Tanaro. Roero produces wines of a different kind which are pretty, perfumed and full of charm.
Luca is happiest working in the vines, where he is one of a handful in the area to work organically. In the cantina he works diligently and with great attention to detail to produce delicate, classic expressions of the part of Piedmont he calls home.