Fabio Gea Onde Gravitazionali Rosso 2022

Grape: Nebbiolo, Barbera, Native Grapes
Vintage: 2022
Type: Red

Translating to "Gravitational Waves," this vintage-led cuvée is described by radical winemaker Fabio Gea as a "surfer wine"—an exercise in riding the wave of the specific growing season and relying entirely on gut instinct. The 2022 edition utilizes an unconventional field blend of 67% Nebbiolo, 30% Barbera, and 3% unspecified native wild grapes, all harvested from tiny, hand-tended plots inherited from his grandfather near Bricco di Neive. The fruit is destemmed and macerated for two weeks before undergoing a spontaneous wild fermentation. True to Gea's avant-garde philosophy, the wine is raised entirely in his signature homemade porcelain and stoneware vessels, skipping wood aging completely to ensure an unfiltered, zero-sulfur snapshot of Piedmontese terroir in its rawest form.

In the glass, it pours a luminous, translucent ruby color with bright garnet highlights. The aromatics are highly detailed and expressive, bursting with high-toned red cherries, pomegranate, dried rose petals, and a complex, savory undercurrent of dry clay, white pepper, and wild brush. On the palate, a "crystalline" core of electric, limestone-driven acidity slices through the fleshy concentration of the 2022 fruit, providing immediate athletic energy. The variety's natural, fine-grained tannins add a confident structural frame, while the porcelain aging keeps the mid-palate remarkably slick, supple, and weightless. It glides into a persistent, bone-dry finish that leaves a mouthwatering trail of wild cranberries, damp forest floor, and crushed stone.