Orsolani
San Giorgio Canavese · Torino (TO)
Established
1894
Giovanni Orsolani (who made wine for the family inn, the Locanda Aurora)
Yearly production
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Location
San Giorgio Canavese
Torino (TO) · Piemonte
Vineyard area
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About 16 hectares in the Canavese, in the hills of the Caluso zone north of Turin, planted to the native Erbaluce grape.
Appellations
Erbaluce di Caluso o Caluso DOCG
History
Orsolani is the reference name for Erbaluce, the ancient white grape of the Canavese. The family began making wine in 1894 for its own inn near San Giorgio Canavese, and over four generations turned Erbaluce di Caluso into a serious wine in all three of its guises: the crisp dry La Rustia, a traditional-method sparkling, and the honeyed Caluso Passito Sulè, for which the estate pioneered barrique fermentation in 1988.
Wines
Illustrative selectionLa Rustia Erbaluce di Caluso
Sulè Caluso Passito
Cuvée Tradizione Metodo Classico
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