The territory lies partly on morainic plateaus and partly on hillside slopes, extending up along the Fiume Sesia in the first of the communal appellations of the Novarese.
Viticulture develops on the eastern slope of the Sesia valley, along a long and regular morainic hill that extends on a north–south axis.
The plateau is predominantly clayey and is divided into two hill ridges, formed through fluvio-glacial terracing works that have enriched it with heterogeneous alluvial layers.
The soils are deep in the upper flat section, while they become more gravelly and looser along the west-facing slopes.
The production zone for the grapes encompasses the planted vineyard areas within the two communes of Fara Novarese and Briona, in the province of Novara.
Human factors
Pliny the Elder already mentions the local wine in the first century AD, and vine cultivation in Fara boasts more than a millennium of experience.
In Fara Novarese a Roman sarcophagus attributed to the second century AD is preserved, whose inscription indicates that its owner traded in agricultural goods and wine.
Facts drawn from the specification's terroir-link section by automatic interpretation — see the source.
About this boundary
Area: the official production zone published by the regional geoportal (Piemonte).
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