Valmaggiore 2016, Luca Valfaccenda

Producer : Valfaccenda

Area: Roero, Piemonte

Valfaccenda is located in Canale, on the hills of the Roero, a UNESCO heritage site since 2014, where the landscapes are enlivened by nervous profiles and the soils are of sandy origin. The company was founded in 2010 and is managed by the couple Luca Faccenda and Carolina Oggero who started their project to renovate the grandfather's old farmhouse and restore the old family vineyards of Arneis and
Nebbiolo, class 1982, after taking a degree in oenology in Alba, he began to "make his bones" in a prestigious winery in Barolo. Carolina, on the other hand, worked in Turin as a graphic designer, and her contribution to the company is immediately evident from the splendid labels she designed. Today Luca and Carolina manage 4 hectares of vineyards divided between two vineyards: one facing south, located
in Santo Stefano Roero, which receives the sun all day and gives rich, warm, and ripe grapes. The other facing east, in Val Faccenda, a small valley between Canale and Cisterna. The production settles on the 20,000 bottles

• Red Wine
• 100% Nebbiolo
• Fermented in Open Oak Barrel with 30 days maceration then aged for 12 months in Old Oak barrel plus 18 months in the bottle before released.