The Winery Cantine Balocco of Grignolino d'Asti of Piémont

Winery Cantine Balocco - Barbera
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.2.
It is ranked in the top 16 of the estates of Piémont.
It is located in Grignolino d'Asti in the region of Piémont

The Winery Cantine Balocco is one of the world's great estates. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Grignolino d'Asti to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Cantine Balocco wines

Looking for the best Winery Cantine Balocco wines in Grignolino d'Asti among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Cantine Balocco wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Cantine Balocco wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Cantine Balocco

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Cantine Balocco

How Winery Cantine Balocco wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, veal or pork such as recipes of the real recipe for carbonara, flights in the wind à la provençale or broccoli gratin.

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Cantine Balocco.

  • Barbera

Discovering the wine region of Grignolino d'Asti

The wine region of Grignolino d'Asti is located in the region of Piémont of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Marchesi Incisa della Rocchetta or the Domaine La Miraja produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Grignolino d'Asti are Grignolino, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Grignolino d'Asti often reveals types of flavors of cherry, cranberry or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, dried fruit or black fruit.

In the mouth of Grignolino d'Asti is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth. We currently count 121 estates and châteaux in the of Grignolino d'Asti, producing 136 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Grignolino d'Asti go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb.

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Discover the grape variety: Carignan

Mainly cultivated in the Languedoc region, carignan originates from Spain. Because of its very resistant branches, it is often called hardwood. Its bunches are quite large. They are compact and winged with a lignified stalk. The berries are spherical in shape and take on a bluish-black colour. Carignan has a total of 25 approved clones, the best known of which are 274, 65 and 9. The carignan buds at the beginning of June and is protected from spring frosts. It does not reach maturity until the third period. Also, this grape variety needs warmth and sunshine. It appreciates dry and not very fertile soils. Carignan vines can live for more than 100 years. Those that are more than 30 years old produce a better wine. This wine is well coloured. It is generous and powerful at the same time. Pepper, cherry, blackberry, banana, raspberry, almond, prune and violet are some of the aromas that this grape variety gives off.

News about Winery Cantine Balocco and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Sulphur

An antiseptic and antioxidant substance known since antiquity, probably already used by the Romans. But it was only in modern times that its use was rediscovered. It will allow a better conservation of the wine and thus favour its export. Sulphur also gave the 18th century winegrower the possibility of extending the maceration period without fearing that the wine would turn sour and thus go from dark rosé wines to the red wines of today. Excessive sulphur, on the other hand, kills happiness, paralysing the aromas and causing headaches.