Soils

The soils are marked throughout the region by a predominantly calcareous composition, but with an extreme diversity in terms of textures. This forces viticulture to understand historically and scientifically the terroir of each plot. Fontanafredda has vines planted from 1940 to 1999. In such diverse soil textures, the importance of the root of the vine is essential. This has meant for years the delimitation of the elabo-rations by their origin.

1858

Fontanafredda is heir to Italian romanticism. In the second third of the 19th century, with the unification of the Italian states into a nation, the first king of Italy, Vittorio Emmanuele II bought the Fontanafredda estate for the woman he loved: Rosa Vercellana. Founded in 1858, Fontanafredda is one of the most important projects in today’s DOCG Barolo.

Green Renaissance

Since the 2000s, the project has been committed to a reformulation of the theses that have always been accepted. While the Italian Renaissance wanted to put man at the center of the Earth, today the Earth must be at the center of man’s thoughts. The conversion of the vineyard to organic was carried out in the 2010s. In this quest to maintain and improve the soils and the environment, the winery has 12 hectares of forest next to the vineyards to ensure greater biodiversity and the future of the area.

FONTANAFREDDA

Soils

1858

Green Renaissance