Tenuta Foresto

Nizza Monferrato (AT) - PIEDMONT

Tenuta Foresto is located in the province of Asti, in Nizza Monferrato, which is the centre of the ‘Nizza’ DOCG in the heart of Piemonte. The estate is led by Francesco Pozzobon, who is originally from Veneto. It covers eight hectares, with around six planted with vines. Francesco works primarily with Barbera, Cortese, Moscato, and Chardonnay. All of his vines are farmed organically and following the Fukuoka method.

Tenuta Foresto vines vary from 10 to 70 years old, and are planted on tufa (a variety of limestone), with some clay and chalk (limestone again) and ‘terra rossa’ (italian for ‘red soil - clayey to silty clayey soil) mixed in. Francesco ferments and ages most of his wines in concrete vats and neutral oak barrels, with minimal intervention in the cellar and no addition of sulphites at any stage.