Erbaluce di Caluso '13 mesi' Benito Favaro 2023
Unusual grapesThe Erbaluce of Caluso "13 months" by Benito Favaro is a Piedmontese white wine characterized by an elegant aromatic and taste profile, presenting itself visually with a bright straw yellow color marked by golden reflections. On the nose, it expresses hints of grapefruit and citrus peel, golden apple pulp, and white flowers, such as jasmine and orange blossom, while on the palate it is refreshing and has great persistence, with a long fruity finish and pleasantly savory.
Erbaluce di Caluso "13 months" by Benito Favaro is a white wine with a long-lasting character, an ambitious interpretation of an ancient indigenous grape variety forgotten for decades and valued in unsuspecting times by a young winemaker from the Piverone area in the province of Turin. A wine with a strong and elegant personality, an excellent ambassador of this Piedmontese grape with fresh and fruity aromas.
Benito Favaro "13 months" is produced from a selection of the best Erbaluce grapes from the Cavana vineyard, a small plot of 0.3 hectares located about 400 meters above sea level. An agricultural philosophy attentive to the environment, with a constant eye on the wisdom of farming, characterizes all operations in the vineyard. The harvest is entirely manual and involves a qualitative selection of the best bunches: in the cellar, after a gentle pressing, the must is cooled for about 30 hours in contact with the skins in order to obtain an intense aromatic extraction. Following the racking, the alcoholic fermentation takes place at controlled temperature in steel tanks. The wine is then transferred to barrique where it remains for about 10 months acquiring characteristics of roundness and softness.
This label from Benito Favaro presents a fine and complex sensory profile: citrus aromas of grapefruit and mandarin harmoniously combine with floral notes of jasmine and wild herbs. Sweet spicy sensations of vanilla, cinnamon, and acacia honey enrich the aromatic picture, preparing the palate for an intense flavor of white-fleshed fruit, wild apple, and lemon. A long and vertical sip leaves the palate with a very pleasant sense of cleanliness, wonderfully refreshing, enhanced by a finish with surprising minerality.