Red
Vigna Villa della Regina
By Cantine Balbiano, Monferrato, Piemonte, Italy
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, from 2011. Limited and numbered production.
Tasting notes
Fruity scents give way to spicy notes of leather, tobacco and cloves. Well balanced on the palate between soft tannins and acidity.
Pairs well with
Mature and blue cheeses, stuffed pasta, tasty meat sauces, meat main courses such as game and land-and-sea dishes.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Freisa di Chieri Superiore DOCG
- Grape
- Freisa
- Cru / vineyard
- Villa della Regina
- Production area
- Vigna Villa della Regina, a historic royal urban vineyard in Turin, replanted by Balbiano
- Vinification
- Refinement in concrete tank followed by further refinement in bottle.
- Serving temperature
- 16°C
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