Barbera
La IDEAle 2021
Tenuta Foresto
Grape Variety: Barbera
Producer: Tenuta Foresto (Francesco Pozzobon)
Region: Nizza Monferrato, Piedmont, Italy
Wild Scale: 3/5
Vegan friendly wine
Winemaking: Organic Barbera grapes were hand harvested and fermented in cement tank with indigenous yeast. Aged in old barrels before being bottled with no filtration, fining or added sulphur.
This Wine: A full bodied wine from an area best known for this Barbera grape. Dark fruits dominate with a hint of something meaty. Best served with food in the colder months.
THIS WINE WAS SELECTED AS THE BEST TASTING BOTTLE BY DRINKERS AT A HIGHBURY LIBRARY WINE CLUB TASTING IN NOVEMBER 2023
Notes on the Winemaker: Francesco Pozzobon hails from the Veneto region but now makes natural wine under the name Tenuta Foresto in Nizza Monferrato which is just south of Asti. he was inspired by the methods of Japanese farmer and philosopher Masunobu Fukuoka and aims to have as little impact on the natural ecosystem as possible. We visited in 2022 to try his wines in barrel which are getting better with every vintage. He previously lived in Highbury before heading back to Italy to start his winemaking project.