Wine Review – Barbaresco Valeirano 2007 – La Spinetta

Barbaresco Valeirano 2007 – La Spinetta

🍇Grape varieties: 100% Nebbiolo

🇮🇹Origin: Italy, Treiso

🏞Soil: Calcareous

🍷Vinification:

Alcoholic fermentation for 7/8 days in temperature-controlled tanks, malolactic fermentation in oak

Aging: This wine rest for 20/22 months in entirely new medium toast French oak barrels then transferred to stainless steel vats for 3 months, in the end, aging in bottle for an additional 12 months with no filtration and no clarifying.

Complete Wine Profile

👀 Dense red to violet, this one looks really complex. Tears are good in numbers showing a good body and alcohol. 14.5 ABV it is.

👃🏼Again the complexity on the nose as well. Strong plums, black cherry, blackberry, leather, earthy and significant reflection of soil type. Clear vanilla oaky secondary aroma.

👅 Very well-rounded palate. Barolo-like perfume of truffle and marzipan plush, seamless and very rich, showing a note of balsamic and finish with a tooth dusting tannins. Full-bodied, high acidic, dry, and grippy tannins, this one required good decanting and storage. The wine shows some herb notes of pepper and star anise.

🍽 Try this one with authentic Italian pasta topped with cherry tomato and a thick saucy texture. Mushrooms go well but nothing can beat when paired with garlic grilled lamb(well done).

Temp – 15-17 Degree C.

Decanting – 2-3 hours