La Spinetta Barbaresco Starderi

• Denomination: Barbaresco DOCG

• Grape variety: 100% Nebbiolo

• Alcohol content: 14.5% by vol.

• Average production: 15,500 bottles per year

• Average yield per ha: 2,200 bottles

• Name/location: Starderi, Neive, southern exposure

• Soil type: calcareous

• Average vine age: 52-57 years

• Average altitude: 270 m a.s.l.

• Vineyard size: 6.5 hectares (15 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 entirely new, medium toast French oak barrels transfer to stainless steel vats for 3 months before bottling; aging in bottle for an additional 12 months no filtration, no clarifying 3 years after harvest