Barbera: uno dei vitigni iconici del nord Italia

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One of the most famous vines of the viticultural landscape of northern Italy is definitely Barbera. This vine produces very pleasant wines with very precise and almost unmistakable characteristics. The Barbera wine is an intense ruby ​​red color with fragrant aromas and decided very clean and vinous. In the mouth Barbera wine has the characteristic of being very fresh with a strong acidity given precisely by the genetic characteristics of the variety, and is basically not astringent but has a very lingering finish. For years Barbera wine has always been considered a wine to be consumed young or as an excellent complement for a blend. The region where this vine is more widespread is certainly Piedmont where Barbera is a wine of great importance as Barbera d'Alba DOC or Barbera d'Asti DOCG which is cultivated with low yields to allow the accumulation of more valuable substances and give more structured wines. Barbera is also very cultivated in Lombardy, where it is often present as a blend wine in many denominations and in Veneto which used for the same purpose.


La Spinetta is a Piedmontese winery that was founded in 1977 when Giuseppe (called Pin) and Lidia Rivetti founded La Spinetta winery, from the name of the top of the hill on which they live. Spinetta's history begins with the production of Moscato, they were the first to produce Moscato cru with Moscato Bricco Quaglia and Moscato Biancospino. From 1985 onwards the Rivetti family invested more and more in the company starting to produce the Barbera Cà di Pian, the first red wine. After seeing the success of their products on the market, they began to buy estates and vineyards in places of worship for Piedmontese viticulture: Gallina, Valeirano, Starderi, Bordini and finally in 2000 the Rivetti family produced Barolo Campè for the first time. In 2001, La Spinetta acquired 65 hectares of vineyards in Tuscany between Pisa and Volterra and began producing Sangiovese wines.

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