2020 Favonio
2020 Favonio
Half as long a maceration as usual, this year’s Favonio is brighter toned and in tighter focus than the 2019, a welcome variation on a favourite.
Cuvée: Favonio
Style: Still
Colour: Skin
Grapes/Blend: Moscato Bianco
Vintage: 2020
Winemaking: 50 year old vines. Grapes are de-stemmed and placed into 50hl concrete tanks for 4 days. Pressed back to concrete to continue fermentation. After racking, the wine spends 8 months in a mix of 20hl oak and acacia barrels. No filtration, no added sulphur.
Sulphur: None added
Soil: Clay and tuff and a small percentage of calcareous sediments
Young vignerons from Nizza Monferrato have finally made their dream come true and created a place where they can grow their own grapes: in the heart of the UNESCO site of Piedmont region. They farm Barbera, Moscato, Cortese and Chardonnay following a rather holistic approach for a low impact on the eco-system.