Gattinara is a red
Italian wine
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with ''
denominazione di origine controllata e garantita
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* ''Indicazione ...
'' (DOCG) status produced from
Nebbiolo
Nebbiolo (, ; ) is an Italian red wine grape variety predominantly associated with its native Piedmont region, where it makes the ''Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita'' (DOCG) wines of Barolo, Barbaresco, Gattinara, Ghemme, a ...
grapes grown within the boundaries of the ''
comune
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'' of
Gattinara
Gattinara () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Vercelli in the Italy, Italian region of Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about north of Vercelli. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 8,506 and an area of ...
, which is located in the hills in the north of the province of
Vercelli
Vercelli (; ) is a city and ''comune'' of 46,552 inhabitants (January 1, 2017) in the Province of Vercelli, Piedmont, northern Italy. One of the oldest urban sites in northern Italy, it was founded, according to most historians, around 600 BC.
...
, northwest of
Novara
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, in the
Piedmont
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region. It was awarded
DOC
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status in 1967 and received its DOCG classification in 1990.
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Wines

The wine is made primarily from the
Nebbiolo
Nebbiolo (, ; ) is an Italian red wine grape variety predominantly associated with its native Piedmont region, where it makes the ''Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita'' (DOCG) wines of Barolo, Barbaresco, Gattinara, Ghemme, a ...
grape variety (known locally as Spanna
[) which must constitute a minimum of 90% of the wine and may be blended with up to 10% Bonarda di Gattinara and no more than 4% of Vespolina. The wine is aged in wooden barrels for two years or three years if it is a riserva, with an additional two years of ageing in the bottle. '' The Oxford Companion to Wine'' asserts that wine from Vercelli hills on the west bank of the Sesia River and Novara hills are capable of producing rivals to ]Barolo
Barolo ( , , ; ) is a red (DOCG) wine produced in the northern Italian region of Piedmont. It is made from the nebbiolo grape and is often described as one of Italy's greatest wines.
The zone of production extends into the communes of Baro ...
and Barbaresco
Barbaresco is an Italian wine made with the Nebbiolo grape. Barbaresco is produced in the Piemonte (wine), Piedmont region in an area of the Langhe immediately to the east of Alba, Italy, Alba and specifically in the ''comune''s of Barbaresco (CN ...
, and has at times in Piedmontese history been more admired than Barolo for its longevity
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.[
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See also
References
*regione.piemonte.it
;Footnotes
External links
Gattinara (DOCG)
The Italian Trade Commission
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Italian DOCG
Wines of Piedmont
Province of Vercelli
Gattinara