Barbaresco DOCG Gallina Viti Vecchie

The first vintage of Barbaresco DOCG Gallina Viti Vecchie, an elegant wine with particularly intense and silky tannins, was 2015. The vines were planted in the early ’50s and their grapes are characterised by very expressive depth, which translates into a structured and enveloping wine.

VINEYARD
Municipality: Neive
Estate-owned area: 1.30 Ha
MGA: Gallina
Altitude: 220-240 m above sea level
Exposure: south-westerly
Soil: calcareous-clay-sandy
Planted: early ’50s

GRAPE
Variety: 100% Nebbiolo
Vine training system: Guyot

VINIFICATION
Submerged cap maceration
Ageing: in large oak barrels.
Bottle ageing for at least three months

WINE CHARACTERISTICS
Garnet red in colour with an expansive and harmonious bouquet. Intense, silky tannins, warm and enveloping on the palate.

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Il vigneto Gallina | Cantina Piero Busso a Neive

The Gallina Vineyard

The Gallina Vineyard, like Albesani, is in Neive; it too is characterised by Sant’Agata Marl. Gallina is an MGA of Barbaresco.