Red

Signore di Bayard

By Antichi Vigneti di Cantalupo, Alto Piemonte, Piemonte, Italy

Antichi Vigneti di Cantalupo Signore di Bayard

First vintage 1989, named for Pierre Terrail, Seigneur de Bayard, the legendary knight 'without fear and beyond reproach' who died in 1524 in a battle fought at the foot of the Breclema hill.

Tasting notes

Ruby-garnet red, with an enveloping, intense and persistent bouquet. Alongside wood notes, violet, withered rose, raspberry and spice emerge. Velvety, fine, rightly tannic, austere, with characteristic goudron (tar) notes on the palate.

Pairs well with

Fine-cuisine meat and game dishes. Flavourful cheeses. Serve in large glasses.

Technical details

Style
Red
Denomination
Ghemme DOCG
Production area
Ghemme, Alto Piemonte
Soil
The vineyards lie on the Monte Rosa glacial-moraine terrace: a mix of granite, porphyry, gravel, schist, mica-schist, serpentine, Fenera dolomite-rock fragments and amphibole pebbles, formed by the Monte Rosa glacier depositing rock from the Africa-Europe collision; recognised as a UNESCO Global Geopark.
Exposure
South, South-West facing, at 250-310 meters above sea level (estate-wide).
Vineyard planting
A careful selection of grapes from the estate's various vineyards (not a single-vineyard wine).
Vinification
The only Cantalupo wine aged in barrique.

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