Producer Giovanni Canonica

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The farm of John Canonica is the antithesis of rhetoric but it promises a stable and substance, heralding wines sincere, spontaneous, never mediated by wine artifices. Less than three hectares of vineyards, along the slope of Paiagallo location, just meters from the heart of Barolo country, in the province of Cuneo, almost entirely planted with nebbiolo, except for a patch of barbera vines. A vineyard faces south-east, about 350 meters above sea level. No Official certification: in the vineyard Giovanni Canonica not diserba, does not use synthetic products, but only copper and sulfur, by wine-growing tradition of the past. Not only preserve old habits: a choice "strong", in Langa where the monoculture of the vine has often brought with it upheavals of the landscape and agricultural techniques. No cellar, also vinification is of traditional type. The long fermentation takes only indigenous yeasts and without any additives. No technological temperature control. In accordance with the specification of barolo legislation, Paiagallo has matured for at least three years in cask. No barrels or small packages, but only Slavonian oak from 20 hl.