Valfaccenda

Luca and Carolina are two of the best people we’ve met in the world of wine. We’ve known one another for many years and long admired the wines so we decided it was time to navigate our friendship and import the wines. Luca Faccenda grew up in the hills of Roero, northwest of Alba, where his family made wines in Valle Faccenda, a small valley between Canale and Cisterna.

The vineyards in Roero are primarily on sandy soils, the hills very steep and difficult to work, and the wines more perfumed and pretty compared to those of the Langhe with a distinct saltiness on the palate. At Valfacenda its all done by hand, and all done by Luca and Carolina. Farming is organic with some biodynamic principals and in the cantina Luca works without temperature control and only indigenous yeasts. The wines are unfined and unfiltered with minimal sulphur addi tions. The stunning labels are all designed by Carolina.