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.

Barbera is the dominant grape variety in the area thanks to the microclimate conditions and soil composition. Francesco works primarily with Barbera, Cortese, Moscato, and Chardonnay. All of his vines are farmed organically and follow the Fukuoka system. Vines vary from ten to seventy years old, with a mostly south to south-west exposure. The soil is mainly tufa (a variety of limestone), with some clay and chalk and ‘terra rossa’ (Italian for ‘red soil’) mixed in.

All grapes are hand-picked. Francesco intervenes as little as possible in the cellar. Fermentation is spontaneous with the use of indigenous yeasts. Wines ferment and age in concrete vats and neutral oak barrels. Maceration takes places on the skins. There is no filtration before bottling and no addition of sulphites at any stage.

Nizza Monferrato produces genuine wines that represent not only the different varietals and ‘terroirs’ but above all the powerful imprint of nature.