# Alladium (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).

- **Producer:** Cieck
- **Style:** Sweet
- **Denomination:** Erbaluce di Caluso DOCG Passito
- **Grape:** Erbaluce
- **Production area:** San Giorgio Canavese, Piedmont; first made in Aglié in 1985
- **Soil:** Moraine soils
- **Exposure:** South, south-west
- **Harvest:** The best, healthiest, thin-skinned bunches are selected then hand-hung to dry naturally for 4-5 months, from September to January or February
- **Vineyard planting:** Pergola training; altitude approx. 320 m above sea level; average vine age approx. 30 years
- **Vinification:** Selected bunches are dried naturally on traditional hanging racks, protected from mould while allowing noble rot to develop; in January the grapes are gently pressed in a small wooden press, the cold must settles and then ferments; ages at least five years in small French and Slavonian oak barrels, refilled periodically as the wood absorbs product, followed by six months in bottle
- **Serving temperature:** 12-14°C
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-25


## Summary

Alladium is Cieck's traditional Erbaluce passito, dried the old Canavese way on hanging racks over winter and aged at least five years in oak; the estate has made it since 1985 and named it after Aglié's Latin name.

## Tasting notes

Shimmering old gold; enveloping bouquet of unrefined honey and candied lemon, aromatic and musky; sweet, fresh palate with a stable, broad structure, warm and velvety with a pleasant hint of freshness on the finish

## Food pairings

Pastries, dried fruit and nuts, blue cheeses, terrines and pâtés; a meditation wine, or an unusual aperitif