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Azienda Agricola La Spinetta
La Spinetta's single-vineyard Barbaresco from the Valeirano cru at Treiso: 100% Nebbiolo on marine marl, barrique-aged, built on tar, rose and red cherry with fine, firm tannins. A collector's Langhe red with a decade or more ahead.
Drinker consensus on Vivino and the estate's own notes converge on a savoury, structured Nebbiolo: tar and rose over red cherry, with leather, tobacco and a tea-leaf, balsamic lift. Drawn from 910 Vivino reviews and La Spinetta's tasting note.
The flavours below are the signature of Nebbiolo in this style, shown here as shared reference. Tasting notes specific to this bottle are added when we research it.
Rose petal
Violet
Black cherry
Tea
Tobacco
Tar
Forest Floor
Leather
LiquoriceTwo UK merchants list the 2017 between £126 and £145 a bottle, both in stock. La Spinetta makes only about 7,000 bottles of this Treiso cru a year, so it is scarcer than the estate's regular Barbaresco.
A scoring snapshot for this single-vineyard Nebbiolo: strong at the table and built to cellar, priced as a special-occasion Langhe red rather than an everyday pour.
High acidity and firm tannin make this a structured food Barbaresco for braised meat, truffle and aged cheese.
Barbaresco DOCG ageing, barrique maturation and marine-marl structure give the best vintages 15 years or more of cellar life.
A 95-point single-vineyard Barbaresco from La Spinetta's Vursu line is a benchmark special-occasion Langhe red.
At £126 to £145 it is priced as a premium single-vineyard cru; the 95-point pedigree supports the price but it is not an everyday-value buy.
Scoring is rule-based and deterministic. The model and weightings are documented in our Wine Fit Score methodology.
A compact view of what the Barbaresco denomination actually requires, and how this bottle sits inside it. Pulled from the official Italian disciplinare.
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The 2017 growing season was hot and dry across the Langhe, giving a riper, more approachable Valeirano. Antonio Galloni rated it 95 points and called it the silkiest of La Spinetta's 2017 crus, with tannin that still carries the wine.
A hot, dry 2017 growing season across the Langhe produced a riper, more approachable Valeirano with silkier tannins than structured years like 2016. It drinks well now and should hold into the early 2030s; Galloni and Wine Advocate both scored it 95 points.
A hot, dry 2017 growing season across the Langhe produced a riper, more approachable Valeirano with silkier tannins than structured years like 2016. It drinks well now and should hold into the early 2030s; Galloni and Wine Advocate both scored it 95 points.
Drink-now / hold guidance reflects general style cues for this wine, not a forecast for a specific bottle. Where vintage-level editorial notes exist, they appear above.
La Spinetta bought Valeirano in 1997 and bottles it as a Vursu single-vineyard cru. The Treiso site sits at 380 metres on marine-origin marl close in character to Serralunga d'Alba, which lends this Barbaresco a firm, Barolo-like structure.
Italian wine law sorts bottles into a pyramid. DOCG sits at the top: tightly drawn boundaries, prescribed grapes, mandatory ageing, government tasting before release. DOC is the same idea with looser thresholds. IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) is broader still, requiring only that 85% of the grapes come from the named territory.
Barbaresco is in the DOCG tier. That is not a quality verdict, it is a description of how much freedom the producer has at vinification and ageing.
Barbaresco falls within Piedmont , covering Piedmont. The denomination is further divided into 4 sub-zones.
La Spinetta makes only around 7,000 bottles of this Treiso cru a year from 2.5 hectares, so scarcity sits behind the £126-plus UK price.
Vines averaging 55 years on marine marl give concentrated, low-yield fruit that costs more to grow than young-vine Langhe Nebbiolo.
Around 18 to 20 months in French oak barriques, a fifth of them new each year, adds barrel and cellar cost before release.
DOCG status requires at least 24 months of ageing and a release tasting, tying up capital and guaranteeing the wine's pedigree.
UK still-wine duty of £2.67 a bottle plus 20% VAT account for roughly £24 of the £126 shelf price before the merchant's margin.
As Barbaresco rather than Barolo, Valeirano is priced below La Spinetta's Barolo crus of comparable quality and critical standing.
Dishes that complement this wine
Valeirano's firm tannin and bright acidity are built for the Langhe table: braised beef, plin agnolotti, truffle tajarin and porcini risotto. Its savoury, earthy register also bridges to mushrooms, aged cheese and game.
Valeirano's firm Nebbiolo tannin needs the protein and fat of slow-braised beef. The collagen-rich sauce of brasato rounds the tannin while the wine's acidity lifts the richness.
Try with: Brasato al Barolo · Bollito dei Pastori · Ossobuco alla Milanese · More pairings →
Bright Nebbiolo acidity cuts the egg richness of tajarin and plin, while the wine's earthy, savoury core mirrors white Alba truffle and brown butter.
Try with: Tajarin al Tartufo · Agnolotti del Plin · Tagliatelle al tartufo · More pairings →
The wine's tobacco, leather and forest-floor notes bridge to porcini and dried mushroom, and the tannin frames their umami depth.
Try with: Porcini mushroom risotto · Truffle risotto · Radicchio risotto · More pairings →
A structured, savoury Barbaresco matches the weight of venison, wild boar and roast red meat without being overwhelmed, the tannin keeping pace with the protein.
Try with: Fiorentina steak · Roast lamb · Venison ragù · More pairings →
Nebbiolo tannin and acidity cut through hard, fatty alpine cheese such as Castelmagno and aged Toma, and the wine's savoury length echoes the rind.
Try with: Castelmagno · Aged Toma · Parmigiano Reggiano · More pairings →
High tannin amplifies chilli heat and turns harsh against sweet-spicy glazes, while delicate raw fish is flattened by the wine's structure and tar.
Skip with: Vindaloo · Sweet-and-sour pork · Sushi · Spicy Sichuan · Pairing guide →
Grown on 55-year-old vines and marine marl, the best vintages of Valeirano reward a decade or more in the cellar. The 2017's softer tannins make it approachable earlier than structured years like 2016.
A short splash decant softens the first-pour edge and opens the aromatics.
Barbaresco DOCG ageing, barrique maturation and marine-marl structure give the best vintages 15 years or more of cellar life.
£95.00 is the lowest tracked offer for the current vintage and we have no signal of further discounting.
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Confidence · HighA style read drawn from the grape and the appellation, not from this exact bottle. We mark these notes openly so you know what you are reading.
Confidence · MediumFrom the official Italian disciplinare for this denomination, cross-checked against the Ministry of Agriculture register.
Confidence · HighOur reading of the price, drawn from the disciplinare, public UK duty rates, and typical landed-cost benchmarks. Not a quote from the producer or a retailer.
Confidence · MediumStyle guidance for this kind of wine at this price point. Treat it as advice, not a forecast for the bottle in your hand.
Confidence · MediumA single-vineyard Barbaresco from La Spinetta, 100% Nebbiolo from the Valeirano cru in Treiso, marked by the estate's rhino label.
Concentrated yet perfumed: red and dark cherry, rose, spice and a touch of oak, with powerful tannin and a long finish.
A serious Barbaresco built to age ten to twenty years; decant young bottles well ahead.
Brasato, game, truffle dishes and aged hard cheese.
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