La Spinetta Barbaresco Gallina

• Denomination: Barbaresco DOCG

• Grape variety: 100% Nebbiolo

• Alcohol content: 14.5% by vol.

• Average production: 11,500 bottles per year

• Average yield per ha: 2,300 bottles

• Name/location: Gallina, Neive, southern exposure

• Soil type: calcareous

• Average vine age: 52-58 years

• Average altitude: 270 m a.s.l.

• Vineyard size: 5 hectares (11 acres)

• Farming: sustainable, no use of herbicides or pesticides

• Time of harvest: beginning to middle of October

• Winemaking process: alcoholic fermentation for 7-8 days in temperature-controlled rotofermenters; malolactic fermentation in oak 20 – 22 months in new, medium toast French oak barrels transfer to stainless steel vats for 3 months before bottling, aging in bottles for an additional 12 months no filtration, no clarifying 3 years after harvest