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Balan Estate - Vecchio Grion 2018

Italy, Veneto

Country	Italy
Region	Veneto
Appellation	Veneto IGT
Winery	Balan Estate
Vintage	2018
Color	Red
Varietal(s)	Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc

¥8,000 (incl. tax)

Country	Italy
Region	Veneto
Appellation	Veneto IGT
Winery	Balan Estate
Vintage	2018
Color	Red
Varietal(s)	Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc

Owning & Enjoying

Tasting notes

Intense ruby, purple reflections. Elegance is the best quality. Alcohol, tannins, acidity. Correspondence between aromas and perfumes. Intensity and aggressiveness on the palate.

Pairing

Roasted red meats, game (also with sauces) and aged cheeses

Production

Viticulture

S. Ambrogio di Trebaseleghe, vineyards surrounding Balan company, in the area that has always been known as “Grion”. Clayey soils, with large layers of a Pleistocene paleolithic soil (called “caranto2), extremely compact and clayey. It is a type of soil which is particularly present in the Venice lagoon in the sediment of alluvial plain in Veneto-Friuli area. The yield per plant is low (less than 2 kgs), both for the type of plant and for a precise production choice.

Vinification

The wines are vinified and aged separately. Fermentation takes place in cement barrels. The wine rests for 18 months in barriques (about a third of them is new). Before unifying the wines, the barrels that are considerd not good are discarded. Once merged, the wine rests in tanks for at least a month. A 3-month bottle refinement follows this phase, but we recommend continuing this refinement.

Data

Closure	Crown
Volume	750ml
Product Code	18R3134
Inventory	Sold Out (0)

Winery

Winery Description

The Balan company was founded in 1962 by a very young Sergio Balan, who thus put to good use the knowledge gained working with his father Giuseppe and his grandfather Jeremiah: both had various agricultural activities, but were known above all as, we would say today, specialized courtiers in the wine sector. During the First World War, Giuseppe, who left for the front, could not take care of the family business. At that time his wife Rosa Stella played a decisive role in the stability of work and the maintenance of relationships built by her husband.

Sergio began his activity in the garage of his house, which is still in front of the main company headquarters, in Sant'Ambrogio di Trebaseleghe, whose construction began in 1966. Since then Sergio Balan has gradually assembled structures, rows and connoisseurs to expand the company to transform it into the current reality, with two production sites, for a total of seventy hectares directly controlled and six thousand square meters of winemaking, refining, bottling, and marketing facilities. Also in this case the role of a woman, Attilia, Sergio's wife, was fundamental, and was the only shoulder on which he could count at the beginning of his activity.

Since the end of the eighties the Balan group has launched itself into the business of distributing great Italian and foreign wines. This new activity has joined the production, which has never ceased to give excellent results both in terms of numbers and quality.

The work of four generations, the continuous effort towards innovation, the synergy between production and marketing, agreements with prestigious partners and, more than anything else, an inexhaustible passion for wine, have made Balan one of the protagonists of this world in Italy.