2021 Barbaresco Gallina
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Showing a medium-dark ruby color, the La Spinetta 2021 Barbaresco Gallina Vürsù has a pretty bouquet with aromas of fresh raspberry, tar and dark licorice. The wine initially offers pretty good definition and precision, but it grows even more linear and vertical as it opens in the glass. This is an organic production of 10,000 bottles. I would recommend a few more years of cellar age to let the oak and the fruit settle.
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Walter Speller, jancisrobinson.com
Jeb Dunnuck
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The 2021 Barbaresco Vigneto Gallina is bold, heady and effusive. A rush of dark fruit, leather, spice, menthol, licorice and mocha builds effortlessly. The Gallina offers tons of immediacy. It can be deceivingly approachable in the early going, but it has always aged very well.
Neive. Certified organic by Valoritalia. Concentrated mid ruby. Concentrated, sweet raspberry fruit on the nose with savoury spicy notes underneath and a hint of mint. Sappy raspberry fruit with gripping, slightly drying tannins that become more prominent on the finish. Slow, long aromatic fruit in the grip of tannins at this stage. (WS)
Bright ruby in color, the 2021 Barbaresco Gallina is a step above and a head-turner in the range. It leaps from the glass with notes of wild strawberries, candied oranges, dried earth, and fresh herbs. The palate reveals more grip and tension in the structure, with a weightless feel, a mineral texture, light sweet oak spices, and a long finish. It will do well to cellar a few years and drink 2026-2046.