Balos 2022 – Crocizia

Balos - Crocizia

"Balos" is a sparkling rosé wine refermented in bottle from Pinot Noir grapes. The grapes come from vineyards cultivated in strict biological regime, no chemical products are used but only copper and sulfur, in order to have healthy and genuine grapes. Spontaneous vinification with a night of maceration in contact with the skins. Aging in steel tanks. It is bottled without filtration and spontaneously reports the remaining sugars in the bottle, without the addition of selected yeasts. Balos is a cherry color with a nice generous froth. the nose expresses notes of red fruits with notes of sweet spices. On the palate it is fresh, fragrant, fun and lively.

Service

We taste it at a temperature of 8/10 ° in tulip glasses. Wine to be drunk immediately but left a few years in the cellar can give great emotions.

Pairings

Ideal as an aperitif, with pasta dishes based on fish and vegetables, to try with a stewed monkfish.

Cellar: Crocizia

The Crocizia cellar is a small winery located in Pastorello, on the Parma hills at 500 meters above sea level. The company was founded in the early 2000s by the will of Marco, Sara and Aurelio Rizzardi, when they decided to recover an old farmhouse and cultivate the classic vines of the Parma tradition; Malvasia di Candia for white wines and Barbera, Lambrusco Maestri, Pinot Nero and Croatina for reds. The vineyards, which are found on calcareous soils with outcropping marne, are cultivated in rigorous biological regime, we do not use chemical products but only copper and sulfur, in order to have healthy and genuine grapes. The same philosophy is followed in the cellar: no additives, fining agents, and stabilizers are used, but spontaneous fermentations with indigenous yeast yeasts, steel refining and no filtration before bottling. All wines, apart from the Pasènsja, are sparkling, and they prove to be frank, lively, fresh, fun, with a tasty profile.