La Spinetta Barolo Garretti

• Denomination: Barolo DOCG

• Grape variety: 100% Nebbiolo

• Alcohol content: 14% by vol.

• Average production: 8,000 bottles per year

• Average yield per ha: 3,000 bottles

• Name/location: Garretti, Campe, Grinzane Cavour, southern exposure

• Soil type: calcareous

• Average vine age: 33 years

• Average altitude: 200 m a.s.l.

• Vineyard size: 2.2 hectares (5.8 acres)

• Farming: sustainable, no use of pesticides or herbicides

• Time of harvest: beginning to middle of October

• Winemaking process: alcoholic fermentation for 10 days in temperature controlled roto- fermenters, malolactic fermentation in oak 20 months in 50% new and 50% one-year-old, medium toast 600 l French casks transfer to stainless steel vats for 3 months before bottling no filtration, no clarifying 4 years after harvest