Sparkling
Incanto 80
By Cantine Crosio, Canavese, Piemonte, Italy
Metodo Classico from Erbaluce with about 80 months on the lees, made only in the best years.
Tasting notes
Brilliant gold and deep straw yellow. Cooked fruit, quince jam, apricot, honey and hawthorn on the nose with a hint of fine wood. Enters the mouth with mineral and savoury notes and a silky perlage.
Pairs well with
Raw shellfish platter, crisp fried fish, rich fish first courses or dishes with bottarga. Also white meats, smoked caciotta and semi-aged cheeses.
Technical details
- Style
- Sparkling
- Denomination
- Erbaluce di Caluso DOCG Metodo Classico
- Grape
- Erbaluce
- Production area
- Hills of Caluso (Canavese)
- Soil
- Moraine soil, rich in gravelly debris and sand
- Vineyard planting
- Pergola canavesana; vines 10-30 years old; 320-340 m a.s.l.
- Vinification
- Hand-harvested in crates. Cryomaceration of whole bunches for about 7 days at 0 C, soft pressing of whole grapes and settling. Fermentation with selected yeasts in steel at 15 C, 9-10 months on the lees with batonnage. Second fermentation in bottle, then about 80 months on the lees. Disgorged at the end of ageing and topped up with the same wine. Made only in the years judged best.
- Serving temperature
- 6-8 C
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