La Spinetta Barbaresco Bordini

• Denomination: Barbaresco DOCG

• Grape variety: 100% Nebbiolo

• Alcohol content: 14.5% by vol.

• Average production: 13,000 bottles per year

• Average yield per ha: 3,000 bottles

• Name/location: Bordini, Neive, southern exposure

• Soil type: calcareous

• Average vine age: 29-32 years

• Average altitude: 270 m a.s.l.

• Vineyard size: 4 hectares (8.8 acres)

• Farming: sustainable, no use of herbicides or pesticides

• Time of harvest: beginning to middle of October

• Winemaking process: alcoholic fermentation for 7-8 days in temperature controlled roto- fermenters, malolactic fermentation in oak 20–22 months in 50% new and 50% one-year-old, medium toast French oak barrels transfer to stainless steel vats for 3 months before bottling, aging in bottles for another 24 months no filtration, no clarifying