Malbech
Moletto · IGT Veneto Orientale · 2021
Malbech has been grown around Motta di Livenza for generations, and it makes a red quite unlike its Argentine cousins: vinous, full of wild berries, soft and long.
Made for salami, slow-cooked meat and the barbecue.
- Grapes
- Malbech
- Appellation
- IGT Veneto Orientale
- Vintage
- 2021
- Alcohol
- 14 %
- Size
- 750 ml
- Serving temperature
- 18–20 °C
Available at our shop: Koliziejus, Domus Pro, Ukmergės g. 308, Vilnius
Tasting notes
Colour
Bright ruby red.
Nose
Vinous and very fruity: wild berries with a hint of tropical fruit.
Palate
Fruity, soft and very pleasant, with sweet tannins and a long finish.
Pairs with
Red meat, meat or mushroom risotto, rich stews, grilled white meat, poultry; with age, game.
Awards
- Gold medal
- Diploma of grand merit
- Diploma of grand merit
- Diploma of merit
- Diploma of merit
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How it's made
About 15 days of skin maceration at 26–30 °C, malolactic fermentation in steel, then 18 months in steel before bottling.
Vineyard
- Area
- Motta di Livenza, province of Treviso, Veneto
- Altitude
- 9 m above sea level
- Soil
- alluvial clay and limestone of the river plain
- Exposure
- east–west
- Training
- Sylvoz
- Planting density
- 3,000 vines/ha
- Vine age
- 33 years
