# Seventy (Filippo Gallino)

> Sparkling, V.S.Q. Brut Metodo Classico by [Filippo Gallino](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/filippo-gallino.md), Roero, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/filippo-gallino-seventy).

- **Producer:** Filippo Gallino
- **Style:** Sparkling
- **Denomination:** V.S.Q. Brut Metodo Classico
- **Cru / vineyard:** Seventy
- **Production area:** Left bank of the Tanaro river, near the Gallino cellar
- **Soil:** Sandy, light-coloured clay
- **Harvest:** September, by hand only
- **Vineyard planting:** Traditional Guyot training, 8 to 9 bunches per plant; yield of 80 quintals per hectare
- **Vinification:** Vinified as a white wine, with the must separated from the skins before fermentation, soft-pressed with a pneumatic press and fermented in temperature-controlled steel tanks. Tirage takes place the summer after harvest, with 48 months on the lees followed by a further 6 months of ageing after disgorgement.
- **Serving temperature:** 8°C
- **Storage:** Ages in steel tanks and in bottle.
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-25


## Summary

A Metodo Classico Brut made from local white grapes on the left bank of the Tanaro, aged 48 months on the lees. Created for Filippo Gallino's 70th birthday and first bottled in 2004.

## Tasting notes

Pale straw yellow. Aromas of flint, cedar, bread crust and citrus. Dry, balanced, mineral and savoury on the palate, very persistent, with notes of wildflowers and chamomile.

## Food pairings

Aperitif, starters, shellfish, raw seafood, fish.