Balestri Valda Soave Classico DOC ‘Sengialta’ 2021 Valli Ossolane

Balestri Valda Soave Classico DOC ‘Sengialta’ 2021 Valli Ossolane'Sengialta' is a tiny cru vineyard enclosed by forest and a rugged cliff face, home to many of Laura's beehives and her best fruit. What a wine! It is 70% old vine Garganega and 30% Trebbiano di Soave hand harvested, separately fermented and matured in neutral 2000 litre botti (large, upright oak barrels) for two years. The 2020 Sengialta is fabulously complex and a lesson in texture, with aromas of lime skin, yellow orchard fruit and bursts of white

the local (high quality) coop the other

chalky tannin grip

” 92 points - Antonio Galloni

Just needs to marry with grapefruit

and indeed the finest sparkling Nebbiolo in production

closer to Beaujolais than Sancerre and its red grape is Gamay

A minimum of 36 months on lees is followed by bottle ageing

ice and soda in a tall glass

A wine for lovers of originality

Only 1000 bottles made

Based on a premium

100% Carricante grapes grown in sandy decomposed lava soil in Milo (Contrada Praino)