Erbaluce di Caluso White "Le Chiusure" 2021 | Wine of the Domaine Benito Favaro

Erbaluce di Caluso "Le Chiusure" 2021 from Domaine Benito Favaro

Camillo Favaro, a wine scholar and author of specialized books, inherited the family estate from his parents. A relatively recent estate, as Camillo's parents founded it in 1992. The size remains modest, 5 hectares, or about 18,000 bottles. Rare wines from a magnificent terroir located around the village of Piverone (in Piedmont, 50 km north of Turin), in the Caluso appellation. Camillo's wines are rare and now sought after by all connoisseurs. And for good reason, the family takes the utmost care to live up to this magnificent high-altitude terroir of Caluso, with its granite soil, extreme slopes, and almost constant mountain breeze. The Favaro family's reputation is based on their mastery of the local grape variety, Erbaluce, one of the indigenous and traditional white grape varieties of Piedmont. The corresponding appellation " Erbaluce di Caluso" was the first white appellation to be created, in 1967. A grape variety that could be compared to the French Clairette. The Favaro family cultivates it with passion, following the principles of "garage wine": the cellar is located right next to the vines, yields are low, cultivation is organic, and the vines are trained in a pergola. Through hard work, the Favaro family has become the reference for this grape variety!

The flagship wine of the Favaro family, masters of the white grape variety Erbaluce, an indigenous grape of Piedmont and particularly the Caluso region. On this high-altitude terroir, the "le Chiusure" terroir is one of the most qualitative. The vineyard is south-facing, between 310 and 410 meters in altitude. The wine is aged on fine lees for 9 months.

A wine with splendid aromatics featuring notes of white peach, white flowers, and apricot. The mineral finesse at the end of the palate concludes everything brilliantly. A high-flying white wine!

• Produced in Piedmont (Italy)
• Grape variety: Erbaluce
• Vintage: 2021
• Alcohol content: 13.5% Vol

Volume: 0.75 L