2023 Giacomo Conterno Vigna Francia Barbera d'Alba Piedmont, Italy Deanston dry farming and steep grade

dry farming and steep grade of this vineyard yield the smallest amount of fruit per vine of any site we use

then aged in concrete for 10mo and bottled with a light filtration

Barrel #6206 yielded 111 bottles

The soil is a mixture of fractured sandstone and highly decomposed sandstone soils

2023 Giacomo Conterno Vigna Francia Barbera d'Alba Piedmont, Italy Deanston dry farming and steep gradeAs of 2010 Barolo and 2012 Barbera, the wines will labeled as simply "Francia," as opposed to "Cascina Francia." The change was made to comply to the new standardization of Barolo cru' names across the region there was no change to the source nor the winemaking or aging of the wine.