Red
Balmèt
By Cantina Caldera di Fabrizia Caldera, Monferrato, Piemonte, Italy
Barbera d'Asti Superiore DOCG, aged 22-24 months in French oak barriques (15% abv), scored 90-92/100 by Decanter in multiple vintages and a repeat Gambero Rosso Tre Bicchieri finalist.
Tasting notes
Ruby red with garnet hues, an elegant, good-intensity aroma recalling forest fruits, spicy with a light vanilla note. Structured, balanced, elegant on the palate, with liquorice and cocoa on the finish.
Pairs well with
Great wines for quiet reflection that pair with any dish; excellent with aged cheeses and red meat or game dishes.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera d'Asti Superiore DOCG
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Production area
- Agliano
- Soil
- Loamy with a high percentage of limestone
- Vineyard planting
- Average vine age 40-50 years, yield 65 quintals of grapes per hectare (43 hl of wine)
- Vinification
- Traditional vinification with extended maceration carried out with pump-overs and punch-downs, fermentation temperature controlled at 30°C, maceration lasting 15 days, aged 22-24 months in 225-litre Allier barriques (first and second passage); malolactic fermentation occurs in wood during aging.
- Serving temperature
- 18-20°C
- Storage
- Suitable for long aging