Winery CieckCalliope Brut
Sparkling wine
This wine generally goes well with
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Calliope Brut of Winery Cieck in the region of Piedmont often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit.
Details and technical informations about Winery Cieck's Calliope Brut.
Discover the grape variety: Optima
Intraspecific crossing between sylvaner x riesling (perhaps rieslaner) and müller-thurgau obtained in 1930 by Peter Morio (1887-1960) and Bernhard Husfeld (1900-1970) at the Siebeldingen Research Institute (Palatinate) in Germany. It can be found in Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Austria, the Netherlands, Hungary, England, Canada, South Africa, Brazil, ... very little known in France. Note that Optima is the mother of the Orion grape variety.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Calliope Brut from Winery Cieck are 2009, 2013, 0
Informations about the Winery Cieck
The Winery Cieck is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 14 wines for sale in the of Erbaluce di Caluso to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Erbaluce di Caluso
The wine region of Erbaluce di Caluso is located in the region of Piémont of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Orsolani or the Domaine Favaro produce mainly wines white, sparkling and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Erbaluce di Caluso are Nebbiolo, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Erbaluce di Caluso often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, earth or floral and sometimes also flavors of yellow apple, lemon or tropical fruit.
The wine region of Piedmont
Piedmont (Piemonte) holds an unrivalled place among the world's finest wine regions. Located in northwestern Italy, it is home to more DOCG wines than any other Italian region, including such well-known and respected names as Barolo, Barbaresco and Barbera d'Asti. Though famous for its Austere, Tannic, Floral">floral reds made from Nebbiolo, Piedmont's biggest success story in the past decade has been Moscato d'Asti, a Sweet, Sparkling white wine. Piedmont Lies, as its name suggests, at the foot of the Western Alps, which encircle its northern and western sides and form its naturally formidable border with Provence, France.
The word of the wine: Performance
Quantity of grapes harvested per hectare. In AOC, the average yield is limited on the proposal of the appellation syndicate, validated by the Inao. The use of high-performance plant material (especially clones) and better control of vine diseases have increased yields. This is not without consequences on the quality of the wines (dilution) and on the state of the market (too much wine). We must not over-simplify: low yields are not synonymous with quality, and it is often in years with generous harvests that we find the greatest vintages (1982 and 1986 in Bordeaux, 1996 in Champagne, 1990 and 2005 in Burgundy...).
