Vineyard of Monte Faustino
The Vineyard of ” Monte Faustino” is the first family vineyard. It is situated in Monte Faustino a small area in the municipal district of San Pietro in Cariano with an altitude of 250 m. The grandfather Giuseppe Fornaser had been cultivating this area since the 1920s. It is the pride of the business because of the extraordinary longevity of the terrain, which was planted with vines by the grandfather of the Fornasers.
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Here the family tradition is reflected in the age-long interaction between plant and soil: the result is the particular fine flavour of graphite that characterizes its grapes. The porous yellowish limestone soil offers the plant some peculiar mineral nuances, which the oenologist appreciates, ascribing a unmistakable typical-ness to the wine.
The porousness of this limestone soil maintains the ideal measure of water in order to permit the cultivation of the vine, which reaches and transmits the mineral essence of the land to the grapes. The old vineyard, with a bigger structure of the roots, better absorbs the water and the minerals, giving the grapes a quality that is inaccessible for a younger plant.
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