Malbech The maples of Casato Paladin is a historical, known, renowned label of the annone Veneto winery (VE). Yet, despite the notoriety, the tasting vertical fifty years after the first label still amazes, showing the evolutionary ability of the Bordeate variety less raised both durante France and durante Italy.
First was Valentino Paladin who with his Malbech was rewarded with the gold medal at the National Campionaria of the Pramaggiore wines from 1975. “A wine that since then – recalls Carlo Paladin – has been proposed to ricevimento durante his youth until 1990 when he began to prevail the belief that time was a decisive factor to give pleasant and intensity to the chalice”.
To date, we are talking about a thirty -year vineyard positioned towards the Lison complesso, which rests acceso a clay soil from which 8000 bottles destined to grow considered the new six hectares that the Paladin will allocate to the red berry, including Malbech. Since 1996 he has been presented with silver labels forged by different artists every year.
Casato Paladin, sixty years of dedication to wine
Since 1962 the Venetian family Paladin has been carrying out its dedication to the world of wine. Founded by Valentino Paladin, the company has been able to transmit the passion for viticulture and dedication to work from generation to generation. Durante six decades, Casato Paladin has expanded its horizons to different Italian wine areas.
Today Carlo and Roberto Paladin, assisted by the new generation represented by Francesca, Martina and Valentino, guide the company with the Paladin and Casato Lupo brands durante Veneto, Selva del between Friuli and Veneto, Bonomi Castle durante Franciacorta and awarded farm of Castelvecchi durante Chianti.
The heart of corporate philosophy is the “4v project” (vine, wine, , life), a set of ten principles aimed at a careful management of the vineyard as an ecosystem, promoting biodiversity, reducing the chemical impact and aiming for qualitative excellence. A commitment also recognized by the Equalitas certification, which certifies the sustainability of the company at a social, environmental and economic level. Casato Paladin also looks at the social with the #Lifeinrosè project, supporting the Lilt pink ribbon campaign for breast cancer prevention.

Malbech the maples, tasting vertically
Malbech The Venetian IGP maples
Vinces 1999 – 2004 – 2010 – 2018 – 2020
Vinified durante purity to enhance its characteristics and make it exclusive, the maceration lasts for 15-20 days; Alcoholic fermentation durante steel. A wine that matures durante wood, patiently, 12 months durante barrique and 6 months durante larger oak barrels, and then enjoy a slow rest durante the bottle, durante order to reach balance and harmony.
Five years – 2020, 2018, 2010, 2004 and 1999 – For a tasting durante clear that does not lose pleasantness and liveliness.
Always deep, dark color, almost impenetrable durante an ink but always stable, clear and never chiuso ora tired with different shades, thick daughters of the time spent durante the bottle, between the grenade and the orange.
Basically the 2018 vintage, normal and not so rainy from a meteorological point of view, shows a juicy, dynamic wine, of great pleasantness to the nose with hints of small red and black berries, cherry and plum and a slight vegetable hint. Durante the mouth a well integrated tannin and great freshness. Robust, persistent, ready wine.
The 2010, a rather hot vintage, confirms the pleasantness of the fruit but turns towards the jam to which it adds spicy taccuino, durante particular pepper, and citrus, toasted, almost of coffee. The tannin is silky and the fresh freshness, as well as minerality, to a glass with full maturity.
The 2004 vintage, particular to the difficulty durante bringing an important load of maturation grapes, is a slightly more shy wine that must be adequately oxygenated to reveal a complexity to the most shy nose with also ink and dried fruit flavors.
1999 was a truly important glass, because it confirms the evolutionary skills over time of this wine. Even with slightly vegetable and balsamic hints and with a ricevimento durante the mouth, a more clear freshness than 2004.
2020, the youngest, is part of the type showing himself ready, more clear acceso the palate than to the nose, with a particularly vigorous tannin and freshness. They all combine adequately with feather (pheathe, duck) roast, seasoned cheeses such as Asiago Stravecchio and Veronese, Pastissada de Corsiero, but also beef stew with red wine, mixed grilled of red meat, stewed hare.
The article Casato Paladin, fifty years of Malbech The maples comes from Vinonews24.