# Moda Veja (Filippo Gallino)

> White, Vino Bianco by [Filippo Gallino](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/filippo-gallino.md), Roero, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/filippo-gallino-moda-veja).

- **Producer:** Filippo Gallino
- **Style:** White
- **Denomination:** Vino Bianco
- **Production area:** Left bank of the Tanaro river, near the Filippo Gallino estate
- **Soil:** Sandy, light-coloured clay
- **Harvest:** September, by hand only
- **Vineyard planting:** Traditional Guyot training, 8 to 9 bunches per plant; yield of 60 quintals per hectare
- **Vinification:** Grapes are crushed and destemmed with fermentation continuing in contact with the skins; after about 24 hours the must is separated from the pomace. Fermentation proceeds naturally, without selected yeasts, to full dryness. Aged on fine lees for about 6 months and bottled without particular manipulation.
- **Serving temperature:** 10 to 12°C or higher; its character changes noticeably a few hours after opening
- **Storage:** Ages in steel tanks.
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-25


## Summary

A traditional skin-contact white made without selected yeasts or filtration, in about 2,000 bottles a year. First bottled in 2012 in tribute to Filippo Gallino's first Arneis Secco of 1972.

## Tasting notes

Deep, intense straw yellow. Aromas of flint, sage, hay, apricot jam and aromatic herbs. Dry, full and creamy on the palate, with mineral, savoury notes and an intense finish of flint and liquorice.

## Food pairings

Starters, fish and fish soups, legume soups, white meat in sauce, vitello tonnato.