Winery La Spinetta - Gallina Barbera d'Alba

Winery La SpinettaGallina Barbera d'Alba

4.1
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Gallina Barbera d'Alba of Winery La Spinetta is a red wine from the region of Barbera d'Alba of Piedmont.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or veal.

Taste structure of the Gallina Barbera d'Alba from the Winery La Spinetta

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Gallina Barbera d'Alba of Winery La Spinetta in the region of Piedmont is a powerful with a nice freshness.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

caramel

Wine with earth taste

graphite

Wine with spices taste

menthol

On the nose the Gallina Barbera d'Alba of Winery La Spinetta in the region of Piedmont often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or spices.

Details and technical informations about Winery La Spinetta's Gallina Barbera d'Alba.

Winemaker
La Spinetta
Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
14.5°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet-Severnyi

Interspecific crossing between (dimiat or galan x vitis amurensis) and (vitis amurensis x vinifera unknown) obtained in 1978 by the Institute of Research and Development of Viticulture and Winemaking of Novotcherkassk (Russia). It can be found in Canada (Nova Scotia, Ontario, etc.), the United States, Russia and many Eastern European countries. Note that the dimiat is a relative of the white gouais.

Last vintages of this wine

Gallina Barbera d'Alba - 2016
In the top 100 of of Barbera d'Alba wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Gallina Barbera d'Alba - 2015
In the top 100 of of Barbera d'Alba wines
Average rating: 411110
Gallina Barbera d'Alba - 2014
In the top 100 of of Barbera d'Alba wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Gallina Barbera d'Alba - 2013
In the top 100 of of Barbera d'Alba wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Gallina Barbera d'Alba - 2012
In the top 100 of of Barbera d'Alba wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Gallina Barbera d'Alba - 2011
In the top 100 of of Barbera d'Alba wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Gallina Barbera d'Alba - 2010
In the top 100 of of Barbera d'Alba wines
Average rating: 4.211110

The best vintages of Gallina Barbera d'Alba from Winery La Spinetta are 2001, 2005, 2000, 1999 and 2014.

Informations about the Winery La Spinetta

The winery offers 44 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is in the top 10 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Barbera d'Alba in the region of Piedmont

The Winery La Spinetta is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 56 wines for sale in the of Barbera d'Alba to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Piedmont
In the top 3000 of of Italy wines
In the top 650 of of Barbera d'Alba wines
In the top 15000 of red wines
In the top 15000 wines of the world

The wine region of Barbera d'Alba

The wine region of Barbera d'Alba is located in the region of Piémont of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Bospoeper or the Domaine Roberto Voerzio produce mainly wines red and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Barbera d'Alba are Nebbiolo, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Barbera d'Alba often reveals types of flavors of cream, stone or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of oil, pomegranate or sage.


The wine region of Piedmont

Piedmont (Piemonte) holds an unrivalled place among the world's finest wine regions. Located in northwestern Italy, it is home to more DOCG wines than any other Italian region, including such well-known and respected names as Barolo, Barbaresco and Barbera d'Asti. Though famous for its Austere, Tannic, Floral">floral reds made from Nebbiolo, Piedmont's biggest success story in the past decade has been Moscato d'Asti, a Sweet, Sparkling white wine. Piedmont Lies, as its name suggests, at the foot of the Western Alps, which encircle its northern and western sides and form its naturally formidable border with Provence, France.

The word of the wine: Grafting

A method used since the phylloxera crisis, consisting of fixing a graft of local origin on a rootstock resistant to phylloxera.

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