# Gallina (Roagna)

> Red, Barbaresco DOCG by [Roagna](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/roagna.md), Barbaresco, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/roagna-gallina).

- **Producer:** Roagna
- **Style:** Red
- **Denomination:** Barbaresco DOCG
- **Grape:** Nebbiolo
- **Cru / vineyard:** Gallina
- **Production area:** Municipality of Neive, the initial part of the historic Gallina mention.
- **Soil:** Calcareous clay with a good proportion of sand.
- **Vineyard planting:** Family-cultivated since 2014.
- **Vinification:** Each vineyard is picked once the grapes reach full physiological maturity, judged by the ripeness of the pips; harvest is by hand into small crates, and the fruit is given two manual selections before vinification. Fermentation runs about ten days in wooden vats with a pied de cuve of indigenous yeasts, followed by an ancient submerged-cap maceration of about 60 to 70 days, then roughly five years of ageing in neutral oak and concrete vats.
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-25


## Summary

A Barbaresco from the Gallina mention in Neive, giving the wine, in the estate's words, distinct finesse.