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Viinin Kuvailu
The Story
This wine made history when it became one of the earliest single-vineyard bottlings of Nebbiolo in Piedmont with the 1967 vintage. Sourced from the GAJA winery's top growing site, San Lorenzo, located just south of the village of Barbaresco in the famed cru Secondine, the wine is made with 95% Nebbiolo grapes and 5% Barbera. This practice hails back to the earliest era of Barbaresco, when the lighter-bodied Barbera was traditionally blended in...
Vuosikerta 1983
Italy Tb vintage report: The year 1983 was unstable. In Piedmont, although the rains spoiled the flowering phase, a late dry season saved the harvest. The best producers have managed to make a small quantity of excellent wines. In Tuscany, the entire spring was mild and dry, thus guaranteeing fairly early ripening of the grapes. The year 1983 was particularly favorable for the Chianti region, while in Montalcino bad weather during the harvest ...
