Barbera d'Alba DOC "Granera Alta" 2022

'We have chosen to make wine from the territory'. With these words Enrico and Marco Faccenda, the current owners of Cascina Chicco, welcome visitors to their website. A clear message that leaves no room for misunderstanding. The company's debut dates back to 1950, the year in which Ernesto Faccenda bought the first hectare of land a few steps from Canale, in the heart of the Roero. He was a charcuterie maker by profession but had already sensed the potential of viticulture in the heart of Piedmont. Thus was born the first family production of Nebbiolo and Barbera d'Alba, which was sold in demijohns or as bulk wine. Then, in 1970, the company passed into the hands of Federico Faccenda, Ernesto's son, who gave further impetus to his father's business, starting to bottle under the family name. The baton was picked up, years later, by his sons, Enrico and Marco, who in the early 2000s gave life to one of the first Nebbiolo Metodo Classico vinifications. It is therefore clear that, without losing sight of traditions, the family's gaze is always turned forward, towards ever more ambitious horizons and challenges. Today Cascina Chicco is a modern winery, with open markets in different parts of the world, and about 40 hectares of its own vineyards in the most vocated areas of the Roero. Since 2006, Cascina Chicco also directly manages 8 hectares in the municipality of Monforte d'Alba.