Fabio Gea - Pino 2021
Fabio Gea - Pino 2021
A pure, transparent Dolcetto shaped by instinct and restraint
- Piney
- Fresh
- Vibrant
- Pure
- Type
- Red
- Grapes
- Dolcetto
- Place
- Piemonte, Italy
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How it tastes
In the glass
Vibrant and inviting Dolcetto with dark red and berry fruit, silky texture, and mineral nuance.
Profile
Nose
Blackberry, black cherry, wild bramble, gentle hints of cocoa and spice.
Palate
Lively, integrated acidity gives lift and clarity. Silky yet substantial texture from extended skin contact creates balanced, expressive mid-palate. Subtle mineral nuances add depth.
Finish
Lingering, underscoring nuanced complexity and managing both fruit intensity and elegant structure.
“An experimental expression aged in porcelain vessels with three weeks of skin contact.”
How to serve
Getting the best out of it
How to pair it
This is a light red
Low tannin, lots of freshness: serve it slightly chilled and pair it almost like a white. No cheese, no fried food.
Match
Flavours that echo the wine.
- Mushrooms and earthy vegetables
- Poultry and white meat (roast chicken)
- Pulses (lentils, beans)
- Grilled meaty fish (tuna, salmon)
Contrast
Opposites that make each other better.
- Cured meats (salame, prosciutto)
- Fatty sausages
Careful with
Combinations that flatten the wine.
- Raw fish
- Very hot chilli
- Heavy stews
Terroir & winemaking
From the vineyard to the bottle
Dolcetto d'Alba Superiore from Bricco di Neive in the Langhe, grown organically on marl and limestone-influenced soils.
- Vines
- 100% Dolcetto from small hillside vineyards worked by hand.
- Soils
- Marl and limestone, contributing structure and mineral character.
- Farming
- Organic viticulture with minimal interventions and hand-harvesting.
- Cellar
- Destemmed grapes fermented with indigenous yeasts, followed by prolonged skin contact (approximately three weeks) and ageing in porcelain vessels.
- Additions
- Minimal added sulphites, unfined, unfiltered.
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.