Description
Cantina Bettalunga Calamaio Grero Umbria IGT
Agricola Bettalunga, in the small village of Castello delle Forme, produces only organic wines. Calamaio is truly special: it is made from 100% Grero, a grape variety that had completely disappeared until 2009. That year, a large tree was found on the estate bearing the last Grero vine—over 120 years old, metres tall, with a trunk diameter of 37 cm.
After several years of research, we are talking here about a lost variety that was first mentioned in a book from 1893! In 2020, they succeeded in producing the first Grero harvest. Today, Agricola Bettalunga produces 1,600 bottles of this red wine each year. For more info, visit the website of Cantina Bellalunga.
Grero is a very robust grape variety and is not sensitive to vine diseases; the grapes have very thick skins, but gentle tannins. The name Calamaio translates loosely as “ink-black”—and so is the colour of this wine. A wine that pairs with many meat dishes, salami and aged cheeses, and also more than suitable as an aperitif or a wine to savour!
Country of origin: Italy
Vintage: 2021
Price per litre: €46.60
Alcohol content: 14.0%
Producer: Cantina Agricola Bettalunga
Contains sulfites
