Red
Gallina Viti Vecchie
By Prinsi, Barbaresco, Piemonte, Italy
Old-vines Barbaresco from the Gallina vineyard in Neive, aged in large French oak casks.
Tasting notes
Ruby red tending to garnet. Notes of fruit, spice and coffee, ethereal with chocolate and tobacco and a pleasant spicy finish. Austere tannins, great structure and elegance.
Pairs well with
Braised and stewed meats, fonduta with truffle and aged cheeses.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbaresco DOCG
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Gallina
- Production area
- Gallina vineyard, Neive, 320 m altitude
- Soil
- Sandstone, limestone, marl and silt
- Exposure
- South-east
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot, 3,500 vines/ha
- Vinification
- Destemmed and crushed, then macerated and fermented on the skins in temperature-controlled steel tanks (no temperature stated). Malolactic fermentation in wood. Aged in large French oak casks, then in bottle before release.
- Serving temperature
- 18°C
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