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Franchino

Gattinara DOCG

A distinguished, elegant wine with pronounced minerality, notes of spices, dried flowers, wild red berries, licorice, slate, flint, and iron. The palate is deep and structured, with textured tannins, vibrant acidity, and a saline finish.
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Gattinara DOCG

  • Category

    Still Red Wine

  • Grape varieties

    100% Nebbiolo

  • Region

    Italy, Piedmont

  • Appellation

    Gattinara DOCG

  • Vineyard

    Lurghe, Castelle, Guardi

  • Vinification

    Hand harvest in late September to early October. The wine is fermented in concrete vats forabout 20-30 days. Malolactic fermentation in large Slavonian oak vats.

  • Ageing

    At least 3 years in big Slavonian oak cask (from 1,500 to 3,000 liter), followed by 6 months in the bottle.

  • Vineyard Density

    1,200 vines/acre