White
T
By Cieck, Canavese, Piemonte, Italy
T is a late-harvest style of Erbaluce di Caluso developed with the University of Turin's Department of Agriculture; the grapes stay on the vine until two weeks after the end of harvest, then age 8 months in wood and 12 months in bottle.
Tasting notes
Straw yellow with golden highlights; intense, persistent bouquet with sweet, deep notes; full, long and harmonious on the palate
Pairs well with
White meat and vegetable dishes, fish, or mild cheeses
Technical details
- Style
- White
- Denomination
- Erbaluce di Caluso DOCG
- Grape
- Erbaluce
- Production area
- San Giorgio Canavese, Piedmont
- Soil
- Moraine soils
- Exposure
- South, south-west
- Harvest
- Late harvest: grapes are left on the vine until two weeks after the end of the normal harvest
- Vineyard planting
- Pergola training; altitude approx. 320 m above sea level; average vine age approx. 30 years
- Vinification
- Grapes pressed and fermented in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks; the must then matures on lees in medium-toasted oak tonneaux using the battonage technique; ageing: 8 months in wood and 12 months in the bottle
- Serving temperature
- 10-12°C
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