In our areas the "Terzoi", that is the farmers who worked the land of the nobles and kept for them the third part of the harvest as their reward, already produced the claret. It was a wine intended for the tables of nobles and clergy as it was considered an excellent product. Before putting it on the table, they had it remarried for a few hours in the icebox, the refrigerator of the time. In the respect of the tradition we produce the Chiaretto with the same methods of our ancestors and before the bottling we submit it to a very light filtration. By vinifying the Nebbiolo in white, i.e. by fermenting it without the skins, we obtain the "chiaretto". It is a rosé wine obtained from the Nebbiolo vine in purity. It has a light pink colour with copper hues, an intense, fresh, fruity bouquet of small red fruits and the typical spices of Nebbiolo. The palate appreciates the remarkable freshness that makes it suitable for the dough, fish or a summer lunch.
Fontechiara, a small family-run winery, produces quality DOC Colline Novaresi wines such as Nebbiolo, Vespolina and Rosato.
Natural wines, vinified in purity in total respect of traditions and the environment.
The yield per hectare, deliberately limited, allows to produce a wine of high quality able to enhance to the maximum its peculiarities.
Fontechiara wines are certified vegan and do not use any additives of animal origin.