# Alladium Riserva (Cieck)

> Sweet, Erbaluce di Caluso DOCG Passito by [Cieck](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/cieck.md), Canavese, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/cieck-alladium-riserva).

- **Producer:** Cieck
- **Style:** Sweet
- **Denomination:** Erbaluce di Caluso DOCG Passito
- **Grape:** Erbaluce
- **Production area:** San Giorgio Canavese, Piedmont
- **Soil:** Moraine soils
- **Exposure:** South, south-west
- **Harvest:** Made only in the best years, from bunches selected one by one
- **Vineyard planting:** Pergola training; altitude approx. 320 m above sea level; average vine age approx. 30 years
- **Vinification:** Best, healthiest, thin-skinned bunches are selected and dried naturally on traditional racks, protected from mould while allowing noble rot to develop; grapes are gently pressed in a small wooden press in January, the cold must settles and then ferments; ages at least 10 years in small oak barrels, followed by six months in bottle; made only in the best vintages, in very limited quantity
- **Serving temperature:** 12-14°C
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-25



## Summary

Alladium Riserva is Cieck's reserve passito, made only in the best years from hand-selected bunches and aged at least ten years in barrel before release in just a few bottles, intended for life's more important moments.

## Tasting notes

Amber colour; enveloping bouquet of dried fruit and nuts, chestnut honey, candied fruit and roast coffee beans; full, enveloping palate with a particularly deep taste and an almond finish

## Food pairings

Pastries, dried fruit and nuts, blue cheeses, terrines and pâtés; a meditation wine or unusual aperitif, best served in small stemmed glasses