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Generally we start the harvest with our white varieties at the beginning of
September: Moscato, Chardonnay and Sauvignon. At the end of September/beginning of October we harvest Barbera
followed by Nebbiolo in the middle of October.
The perfect moment to harvest each vineyard is determined by the ripeness of
the grape, the sugar and acidity content, and the weather conditions.
Generally LA SPINETTA starts to harvest a week or two before most other wine
producers in the area, since an extensive green harvest in the Summer will
support a faster ripening process of the fruit.
To harvest, we use
small caskets. All of our grapes are hand-picked. This manual process needs
great attention from the moment the fruit is picked to the moment it is
crushed.
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