This grape variety arrived in Piedmont after travelling along the Salt Road, which allowed a commercial exchange of anchovies, oil and wine with the people who lived by the Ligurian Sea. Favorita was once used to make sweet wine and used during mass. There is an interesting story behind this name: it is said to have been the favourite wine of Bela Rusin (Rosa Vercellana), who in turn was a favourite of King Vittorio Emanuele II.
Vineyard age: 20 years.
The grapes are harvested by hand into 20kg crates in early September.
Vinification: soft pressing. No maceration on the skins. Slow fermentation at 13/14°C to guarantee the preservation of flavour.
Maturation: in steel tanks for four months.
Straw yellow with greenish highlights; delicate bouquet of fresh fruit and white summer flowers; notes of jasmine, banana, tropical fruit; fresh, full and quite well structured.