On one side the cold air coming down from the Rhaetian Alps and on the other the freezing gusts from the Orobie Alps and its glaciers which at night encroach on a vineyard, a vineyard which has grown where these two valleys converge. Its name is Fracia.

The Fracia vineyard has learnt to live with the cold. Its vines protect themselves as best they can, finding shelter in little steep-sided valleys. Over time the plants have adapted to the micro-climate in a natural, slow but relentless evolution. They have learnt to resist extremely low temperatures and to react, drawing from these conditions what they need to grow.

When it finally arrives in its natural habitat, the barrel, the Nebbiolo presents an extraordinary universe of balsamic and floral aromas filled out with an acidity retained from the cold. Ageing for three years, the first in barriques and barrels and the remaining two in the bottle, balances the aromas in a lasting, harmonious blend.
This is why Vigna Fracia, without the cold, wouldn’t be Vigna Fracia