Erbaluce di Caluso

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The Erbaluce production zone encompasses 37 communes situated between the two morainic ridges of Ivrea and Caluso, which enclose it within the morainic basin of Canavese.
• The vineyards are arranged on the southern side of the morainic ridges that enclose the Canavese basin.
• The Erbaluce variety has adapted particularly well to the sandy and gravelly soils of the Canavese morainic hills.
• The greater part of Erbaluce di Caluso production takes place on the hills surrounding Caluso, in Canavese. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)
• The production zone encompasses communes in the provinces of Torino, Biella, and Vercelli, including Ivrea, Caluso, Viverone, and Piverone. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)

• Erbaluce is trained to long canes because the variety is not productive on the first three or four basal buds of the plant.
• For the passito wine type, the grapes are harvested and laid on racks in dedicated premises for natural drying.
• Erbaluce is an indigenous variety introduced locally by the Romans and most likely derived from Greco di Fiano.
• The earliest historical records of the Erbaluce variety date to 1606, when it is mentioned by Giovan Battista Croce, jeweller to Duke Carlo Emanuele I. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)

Facts drawn from the specification's terroir-link section by automatic interpretation — see the source.

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Sources

• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PDO-IT-A1315
• Official trade body site — Consorzio Tutela Vini DOC Caluso, Carema e Canavese