Description
Fabio Gea Riserva Barbaresco 2016
Varietal: Nebbiolo
The name of this wine is in dialect and translates to “Grandpa Went Truffle Hunting Without the Dog”.
The number of the bottle and the total number of bottles are hand written on labels made from handmade paper.
The grapes are destemmed and macerated for four weeks. Fermentation takes place in concrete and aging is in barrel for four or five years. The wine is then aged for a further six months in homemade porcelain vessels. 10-25 mg per liter of sulfur added at bottling.
Fabio Gea makes delicious wines from small parcels in Barbaresco. The land comes from his maternal grandfather Pòtu, (diminutive for Giuseppe in dialect) and is centered around different parts of Barbaresco, mostly near Bricco.
During his grandfather’s time, the vines were still in polyculture, although he was apparently an expert who at one time had over 200 grape varieties on his land, but the winemaking and vineyard care skipped a generation and most of the plots became semi-abandoned. Fabio, after receiving his doctorate and working as a successful geologist for corporate companies for a number of years, decided to leave that world and reprise the family winemaking tradition.
