Winery FerrandoCaluso Passito
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Caluso Passito of Winery Ferrando in the region of Piedmont often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of spices.
Details and technical informations about Winery Ferrando's Caluso Passito.
Discover the grape variety: Cornalin du Valais
Very old vine cultivated in the Swiss Valais, resulting from a natural crossing between the petit rouge(*) and the mayolet. It is the father of red humagne, also called cornalin d'Aoste, the grandfather of durize or petit rouge du Valais or rouge de Fully and a relative of goron. - Synonymy: old red of Valais, red of the country in Switzerland, landroter (for all the synonyms of the grape varieties, click here!). - Description: medium-sized bunches, cylindrical, winged, compact, strong medium-sized peduncles with little lignification; medium-sized berries, spherical or short elliptical, skin of a beautiful bluish black colour with a lot of bloom. The foliage turns completely red in the fall. - Production potential: early budding in the year. Capricious and difficult variety. Particularly likes the limestone soils of well exposed hillsides that warm up quickly enough, lean and well drained. Semi-erect bearing, vigorous with irregular production. Resists well to winter frosts. Susceptible to the main diseases, especially to oidium and grey rot. Also susceptible to magnesium deficiency and stalk dehydration. Maturity: 3rd early season
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Caluso Passito from Winery Ferrando are 0, 2006
Informations about the Winery Ferrando
The Winery Ferrando is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 12 wines for sale in the of Canavese to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Canavese
The wine region of Canavese is located in the region of Piémont of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Ferrando or the Domaine Cieck produce mainly wines red, pink and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Canavese are Nebbiolo, Freisa and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Canavese often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, citrus fruit or earth and sometimes also flavors of spices, oak or non oak.
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: Barrel
Unit of measure for the transport and marketing of bulk wines, corresponding to 4 barrels of 225 l, i.e. 900 l.
