La Spinetta Barbera d'Asti Superiore Bionzo

• Denomination: Barbera d’Asti DOCG

• Grape variety: 100% Barbera

• Alcohol content: 14.5% by vol.

• Average production: 12,000 bottles per year

• Average yield per ha: 2,500 bottles

• Name/location: Bionzo, Costigliole d’Asti, southern exposure

• Soil type: calcareous

• Average vine age: 62-72 years

• Average altitude: 300 m a.s.l.

• Vineyard size: 5 hectares (11 acres)

• Farming: very old vines, sustainable, no use of pesticides nor herbicides

• Time of harvest: end of September / beginning of October

• Winemaking process: alcoholic fermentation for 6-7 days in temperature-controlled rotofermenters; malolactic fermentation in French oak 16-18 months in entirely new, medium toast French oak barrels transfer to stainless steel vats for 6 months before bottling; aging in bottle for an additional 6 months no filtration, no clarifying