Fabio Gea - Mushroom Panda
Fabio Gea - Mushroom Panda
A playful yet serious Langhe red with Gea’s unmistakable touch
- Umami
- Earthy
- Playful
- Juicy
- Type
- Red
- Grapes
- Dolcetto, Nebbiolo
- Place
- Piemonte, Italy
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How it tastes
In the glass
Vibrant and juicy blend with blue and red berries, earthy depth, and playful drinkability.
Profile
Nose
Sour cherry, wild raspberry, darker currents of plum, hint of earthiness, subtle herbal and floral notes, dusty spice.
Palate
Super lively and juicy with bright acidity that lifts the fruit and keeps texture fresh and engaging. Gentle tannins give shape without heaviness. A whisper of wild herbs and warm stone threads through the mid-palate.
Finish
Approachable, expressive, and highly drinkable—both playful and distinctive.
“An experimental blend aged in amphora-like ceramics with extended skin contact.”
How to serve
Getting the best out of it
How to pair it
This is an everyday red
Enough grip for meat, enough freshness for vegetables. Think shared plates and anything off the grill.
Match
Flavours that echo the wine.
- Grilled meat and vegetables
- Tomato-based pasta
- Mushrooms
- Roast pork
Contrast
Opposites that make each other better.
- Fatty sausages
- Lamb (chops, roast)
- Cured meats
Careful with
Combinations that flatten the wine.
- Raw or delicate fish
- Very hot chilli
- Artichokes and asparagus
Terroir & winemaking
From the vineyard to the bottle
A blend of Dolcetto and Nebbiolo from Bricco di Neive in the Langhe, Piemonte, from tiny organically farmed parcels.
- Vines
- Dolcetto and Nebbiolo hand-harvested from organically farmed parcels.
- Soils
- Marl and limestone characteristic of Bricco di Neive.
- Farming
- Organic viticulture with experimental cellar approach.
- Cellar
- Fermentation with indigenous yeasts in traditional vessels such as stoneware and porcelain, with extended skin contact and ageing in amphora-like ceramics.
- Additions
- Minimal to no added sulphites, no fining, no filtration.
Where it's from · Piemonte, Italy
BRICCO DI NEIVE
Bricco di Neive is a small cru on the northeastern edge of Barbaresco, sitting at moderate altitude above the Tanaro valley. The soils here are a mix of calcareous marl, clay, and sandstone — a layered, heterogeneous geology that Fabio, with his geologist's eye, reads with unusual precision. It is terrain that gives Nebbiolo both elegance and structural grip, and that shows its complexity slowly, over time.
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The winemaker · Neive, Barbaresco, Piedmont, Italy
Fabio Gea
Geologist turned vigneron, making tiny-batch Barbaresco wines that answer to no one
Fabio Gea spent his early career as a geologist — reading soils, mapping rock strata, understanding land from the ground up. That training didn't take him away from wine; it just delayed his return. In 2010, he came back to Neive to take over the small vineyard parcels his grandfather Nòtu had once tended, plots that had been left largely to themselves for years.
“Maybe it is poetry. Or maybe it’s my own mental masturbation. But I wanted to see.”
- Style
- Natural, minimal-intervention, experimental
- Grapes
- Nebbiolo, Dolcetto, Barbera, Grignolino
- Farming
- Organic, fully hand-worked, old vines
- Winemaking
- Amphorae, porcelain and glass vessels, native yeasts, no sulfur additions
- Signature
- Former geologist reading terroir from the inside out
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Good to know
Questions we get a lot
Is this a natural wine?
All our wines come from small growers who farm organically or biodynamically and keep intervention in the cellar to a minimum: native yeasts, little or no added sulphites. Every producer has their own approach; the details are in “From the vineyard to the bottle” above.
Why is it a bit cloudy, or is there sediment?
Many of our wines are bottled unfiltered. A light haze or some sediment is natural and harmless: stand the bottle upright for a few hours and pour gently.
How long does it keep once open?
It depends on the wine (see “Once open” above). As a rule: cork back in and keep it in the fridge, reds included.
When will my order arrive?
We ship Tuesday to Saturday, usually right away. In Germany delivery takes 2–3 working days; rates for every country are on our shipping page.
Can I pick up in Berlin?
Yes. Choose pickup at checkout and collect your order at our shop in Berlin.