Had two Balgera Wines with my low fat, low carb meal Thursday.
1994 Valtellina Superiore La Frasca-Brownish red tones. Typical nebbiolo tobacco-rubber nose, low acidic fruit some tannins left, moderate finish.
83/100 Ready now. Suggested retail $15 US.
1995 Sassella- Red colour, tobaccoey nose, good fruit and acidity, good tannins presage a few more years of good drinking. 87/100, Suggested retail $15US
Balgera, a small winery in the Valtellina, are former clients of mine. See my website
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for more details regarding US distribution. Traditionally these wines are lighter and more approachable with food than nebbiolo from the Langhe-more attuned to nebbiolo from the Novarra-Vercelli region.