# Cantine Balbiano

> Monferrato, Piemonte, Italy. Winery profile from Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/cantine-balbiano).

- **Region:** Monferrato, Piemonte, Italy
- **Address:** Corso Vittorio Emanuele 1, 10020 Andezeno (TO)
- **Coordinates:** 45.0342, 7.8785
- **Winemaker:** Luca Balbiano
- **Website:** https://www.balbiano.com/
- **Instagram:** @vinibalbiano
- **Tours:** available
- **Tastings:** available
- **Curated profile:** yes (researched in depth by Il Vino Bello)
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-26

## About

Cantine Balbiano has stayed in the Balbiano family since Melchiorre Balbiano founded it in Andezeno in 1941, on the Collina Torinese east of Turin. His son Francesco took over in the 1970s and modernised the cellar, and today Luca Balbiano, the third generation, runs production. The estate's signature grape is Freisa, the indigenous red variety of the area, worked into still, sparkling and aged Superiore styles, alongside Barbera, Bonarda, Grignolino, Malvasia and other Piemonte varieties. Its best known project is the Vigna Villa della Regina, a seventeenth-century royal vineyard inside Turin that had been abandoned for decades before Balbiano replanted it: the fruit goes into the estate's flagship Freisa di Chieri Superiore and a Chinato. The cellar also holds two private collections on country life and antique toys, built up by Francesco Balbiano. The Collina Torinese forms the western edge of the Monferrato hills, a short drive from central Turin.

## Visits & tastings

A visit to Cantine Balbiano combines a cellar tour with two family museums, one on country life and one on antique toys. Every option is by appointment.

**Tours**
- **Winery and museums visit** · 1 h · no tasting
- **Cellar tour and tasting of 5 wines** · 2 h to 2 h 30 · €28 · with cured meats and cheese
- **Visit and Piedmontese tasting** · 2 h to 2 h 30 · minimum 2, book 4 days ahead · 5 wines with Piedmontese dishes
- **Pop and sabrage** · 2 h to 2 h 30 · €89 · minimum 4 · sabrage lesson, tasting of 3 wines

**Good to know**
- By appointment only, book through the website form, cancel by email 24 to 48 hours ahead
- Shop hours: Mon to Fri 9:00 to 13:00 and 15:00 to 19:30, Sat and Sun 10:00 to 13:00 and 15:00 to 19:00

**Contact**
- [+39 011 943 4044](tel:+390119434044)
- [info@balbiano.com](mailto:info@balbiano.com)
- [Book a visit](https://www.balbiano.com/en/cellars/visit-and-tasting)
- Corso Vittorio Emanuele 1, 10020 Andezeno (TO)

## Wines (20)

- [Albugnano](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/cantine-balbiano-albugnano.md): Albugnano DOC, Nebbiolo, Red. A modern take on Albugnano DOC that showcases Nebbiolo in a fresh, approachable style, well structured and able to age up to five years.
- [Barbarossa](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/cantine-balbiano-barbarossa.md): Freisa di Chieri Superiore DOCG, Freisa, Red. Barbarossa is made from a selection of grapes from the estate's oldest vineyards; ageing draws out the structure, finesse and fullness Freisa can reach over time.
- [Barbera](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/cantine-balbiano-barbera.md): Collina Torinese DOC, Barbera, Red. Balbiano's still Barbera, vinified in steel, with good body, colour intensity and moderate tannin despite its youth.
- [Barbera Frizzante](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/cantine-balbiano-barbera-frizzante.md): Barbera del Monferrato DOC, Barbera, Sparkling. The sparkling version of Balbiano's Barbera, refermented in steel.
- [Bianco dell'Arco](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/cantine-balbiano-bianco-dell-arco.md): Vino Frizzante, White. A slightly lively, easy-drinking white, best served chilled but not too cold, suited to the warmer months.
- [Bonarda](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/cantine-balbiano-bonarda.md): Collina Torinese DOC, Bonarda, Red. A typical Piedmontese variety vinified in steel in its young, still version, with a light structure and easy drinking.
- [Bonarda Frizzante](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/cantine-balbiano-bonarda-frizzante.md): Piemonte DOC Bonarda, Bonarda, Sparkling. The sparkling version of Balbiano's Bonarda, made in a young, fruity style.
- [Cari](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/cantine-balbiano-cari.md): Collina Torinese DOC, Cari, Sweet. A historic, very rare dessert wine from the non-aromatic Cari grape, native to the Chieri side of the Collina Torinese and brought to Italy by the Savoys in the early seventeenth century.
- [Chardonnay](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/cantine-balbiano-chardonnay.md): Piemonte DOC Chardonnay, Chardonnay, White. An international variety made in a fresh, light and fruity style, best served chilled but not too cold.
- [Chérium](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/cantine-balbiano-cherium.md): Sparkling. Chérium is Balbiano's Classic Method Brut, a white sparkling wine fermented a second time in the bottle for an elegant, complex character.
- [Chinato della Regina](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/cantine-balbiano-chinato-della-regina.md): Freisa, Fortified. An entirely Piedmontese specialty, Chinato is wine further infused with herbs, roots and spices, chiefly China Calissaia bark. Balbiano starts from its Freisa di Chieri Superiore "Vigna Villa della…
- [Chiulìn](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/cantine-balbiano-chiulin.md): Sparkling. Chiulìn is Balbiano's rosé sparkling wine, first made for the winery's 70th anniversary as a re-edition of the founder's original sparkling wine and named after his nickname.
- [Freisa di Chieri Frizzante](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/cantine-balbiano-freisa-di-chieri-frizzante.md): Freisa di Chieri DOC, Freisa, Sparkling. The most historic form of the Freisa vine at Balbiano: a sparkling red made by refermentation in steel, balancing freshness and rusticity.
- [Grignolino](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/cantine-balbiano-grignolino.md): Grignolino d'Asti DOC, Grignolino, Red. An easy, ready-to-drink Grignolino with a delicate aroma and a dry, slightly tannic flavour, from the area between Asti and Casale Monferrato.
- [Malmo](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/cantine-balbiano-malmo.md): Vino Bianco, White. Malmo is a still white wine made for easy, versatile drinking, with a fresh and aromatic profile.
- [Malvasia](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/cantine-balbiano-malvasia.md): Malvasia di Castelnuovo Don Bosco DOC, Malvasia di Schierano, Malvasia Nera Lunga, Sweet. Made from two of Piedmont's rare black-berried Malvasia varieties, Malvasia di Schierano and Malvasia Nera Lunga, in an aromatic, sweet style.
- [Primiera](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/cantine-balbiano-primiera.md): Monferrato DOC Novello, Red. Primiera is Balbiano's Novello, made by carbonic maceration and released a few months after harvest as a ready-to-drink autumn wine.
- [Rosato dell'Arco](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/cantine-balbiano-rosato-dell-arco.md): Vino Rosato, Rosé. A simple, versatile rosé, slightly lively, particularly enjoyable in the warmer seasons.
- [Surpreisa](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/cantine-balbiano-surpreisa.md): Freisa di Chieri DOC, Freisa, Red. Surpreisa is made from a selection of slightly riper Freisa grapes, giving a lean yet full-bodied still red with typical firm tannin.
- [Vigna Villa della Regina](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/cantine-balbiano-vigna-villa-della-regina.md): Freisa di Chieri Superiore DOCG, Freisa, Red. Made from the historic Vigna Villa della Regina, a seventeenth-century royal vineyard inside Turin that Balbiano restored after decades of abandonment; the only Turin wine to hold DOC recognition,…