Winery Tenuta RolettoErbaluce di Caluso Gran Cuvee Spumante Brut
Sparkling wine
This wine generally goes well with
Details and technical informations about Winery Tenuta Roletto's Erbaluce di Caluso Gran Cuvee Spumante Brut.
Discover the grape variety: Jurançon blanc
Mainly cultivated in the south-western part of France, white Jurançon is part of the Cognac and Armagnac grape varieties. It is not related to Jurançon Noir, even though it is quite similar. This grape variety comes from a cross with the white gouais and is in the process of disappearing. Its young leaves are bubbled and downy. The more mature ones have 5 lobes and a petiolar sinus. Jurançon Blanc has small, compact clusters and medium-sized berries. It is hardy and vigorous. Jurançon blanc is associated with an average budburst. This variety is upright. To avoid exhaustion, it is recommended to prune it short. Jurançon often suffers from gray mold, mildew and powdery mildew. Its maturity is early in the third period. In other words, this grape variety matures 20 days after Chasselas. The white wines obtained with white Jurançon are low in alcohol, acid and neutral. If they are distilled, the result is an eau de vie that is not very strong and not very marked.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Erbaluce di Caluso Gran Cuvee Spumante Brut from Winery Tenuta Roletto are 2019, 0
Informations about the Winery Tenuta Roletto
The Winery Tenuta Roletto is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 19 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: Mercaptan
Organic compound resulting from the combination of alcohol and sulphide (H2S) producing an unpleasant odour reminiscent of town gas and rotten eggs.
