Oddero "Gallina" 2020 Barbaresco

750ml bottle

14.5% abv

100% Nebbiolo

Fresh on the nose with notes of spiced cherries, citrus peel, nut shell, and cardamom with dried herb and nutmeg undertones. Medium- to full-bodied with firm structure and compact tannins that are ripe and nicely integrated with the fruit. Vivid and floral with clean and pure red fruit character in the finish.
 – JS

Location: Neive Gallina, Plot 10, Sub-plots 114, 327
Characteristics: 200 meters above sea level, southeastern exposure, 2.7 x 0.9 meters spacing, 4,500 vines/hectare density, Guyot upward-trained vertical-trellised training system.
Age: a portion is 50 years old, and a more recent one is 13 years old.
Size: 2 hectares
Yield: 60 quintals/hectare

Like all Nebbiolo vineyards, vines are scrupulously grown and grapes are selected manually, both in the vineyards and in the cellar. The grapes, previously arranged in 18 kg cases, are transferred onto a conveyor belt and then undergo gentle de-stemming and pressing. The alcoholic fermentation and the maceration last for approximately 25 days at a constant temperature of 28°C. The malolactic fermentation follows in December.

Ageing in 40Hl oak barrels - hectoliter French and Austrian oak barrels. Bottling takes place at the end of the summer, with a further six months of bottle aging before release on the market.