Sweet
Passito
By Cantina della Serra, Canavese, Piemonte, Italy
Erbaluce dried in crates from September to March and aged at least 4 years, 13.5 to 14% alcohol, 0.375 L bottle, about 4,000 bottles a year.
Tasting notes
Clear, bright amber yellow. Broad, from dried fruit to bitter notes, chestnut honey to peach blossom, vanilla nuances and toasted almond. Sweet, rich, slightly savoury.
Pairs well with
Cured meats and cheeses, traditional Canavese sweets and succulent rare meats; dry pastries and savoury dishes
Technical details
- Style
- Sweet
- Denomination
- Erbaluce di Caluso DOCG Passito
- Grape
- Erbaluce
- Harvest
- Mid September
- Vineyard planting
- Pergola and spalliera training; 50 q/ha
- Vinification
- Loose Erbaluce bunches dried in crates from September to March, then pressed; static settling of the must and start of alcoholic fermentation. 4 years in oak barrels and 4 months in bottle. Light filtration, natural cork. Total acidity 5.5 g/L, pH 3.5.
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