Bruno Giacometto - Erbaluce di Caluso 2022

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Producer	Bruno Giacometto
Country	Italy
Region	Piedmont
Subregion	Erbaluce di Caluso
Varietal	Erbaluce
Vintage	2022
Sku	12013101
Size	750ml

  

Erbaluce is an autochthonous grape variety that has adapted to the morainic soils of the territory, a subalpine zone known as the Canavese, which is centered on the town of Caluso. Quaternary-period moraine, these soils are sandy and stony, composed of pebbles originating from the glacier on the Mont Blanc massif. They are rich in mineral salts and yield remarkable acidity and sapidity in the wines of the zone.

• Qualities: remarkable acidity
• Production: 416-833 cases depending on vintage conditions (very small!)
• Color: crystalline, pale yellow with golden-green hues
• Aroma: fresh, slightly grassy, citrus, sage, jasmine, acacia flower, green apple, & white peach
• Palate: distinctively saline & mineral with balanced fruit, pronounced length, and delicate aromatics
• Pairings: antipasti, risotto, fish, pizza, fried foods

Bruno Giacometto is the force behind a dazzling array of bottlings vinified naturally from Erbaluce, a thick-skinned, high-acid white grape variety native to northern Piedmont. Bruno’s ebullience belies his age, and he claims to have never married because Erbaluce is the one true love of his life. Erbaluce di Caluso was Piedmont’s first official white-wine appellation, formalized as a DOC in 1967 and subsequently elevated to DOCG status in 2010. The DOCG encompasses only Erbaluce grown in the zone of Caluso, “where the best Erbaluce wines in Italy are made,” according to Wine Scholar Ian D’Agata. With centuries of family ties to the historic town of Caluso and a winemaking lineage dating back to the early 1960s, Bruno feels most at home in the pergola-trained Erbaluce vineyards of his zone, though he also maintains small parcels of native red grapes like Nebbiolo, Barbera, Neretto, and Freisa. The estate of Bruno Giacometto has been certified organic by ICEA since 2019.