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Caluso, nothing but bad weather and fear: it will be an exceptional harvest

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Caluso, the doubling of the vineyard areas in the last ten years is also to be recorded For the Erbaluce (still, sparkling wine, passito) an amazing season is expected

CALUSO. The climatic variations characterized by an average increase in temperatures are good for Erbaluce di Caluso. For the native vine of the hills around the city of wine from which the three versions of Erbaluce (still, sparkling wine and the famous Passito) derive, an exceptional harvest is announced after the more than excellent year of last year.

2020 which had also recorded another encouraging data: the doubling of the vineyard areas over the last ten years: now there are about 150 hectares cultivated with the traditional Erbaluce pergola vineyards. But also the rows of mixed blends (Nebbiolo and Barbera) from which the excellent red Canavese are obtained.

There are seven denominations of origin for twenty-seven types of wine, while in total the vineyards of the terroir extend over an area of ​​588 hectares spread in 36 municipalities for 36,130 quintals of grapes and over 3.6 million bottles.

The dates of the harvest are not yet official. However, like last year, the calendar should start from 6 September: two weeks earlier than in previous years due to the advance of the ripening curve of the grapes, favored by the great heat and the lack of rain in recent weeks. «The storms of last July – says the president of the Caluso Producers’ Cooperative, Bartolomeo Merlo – spared the Calusian area, while the rain that fell in abundance averted the problem of drought. Sure a few drops of rain now wouldn’t hurt. But the forecasts do not foresee disturbances at least until the end of August. However, there is a drop in temperature at night which is good for the vine ». As always, it is the Erbaluce Producers Cooperative, which associates 160 winegrowers to dictate the rules for the transfer to the cellar, in the days of the harvest, according to a calendar distributed to the members: the first to arrive are the tractors with trailers loaded with boxes of Erbaluce grapes. intended for the production of wine with a controlled and guaranteed designation of origin. Then we will continue with the red blends, both for the Canavese doc and for the table one. For white grapes, not docg, it will be necessary to wait for the last days of the harvest. And the same harvest times for the 32 producers gathered in the Consortium for the protection of Caluso and Doc Carema and Canavese wines, who confer and then refine the grapes in their cellars.

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«To influence the quality of the grapes – adds the oenologist of the Cooperative, Paolo Vercelli – also the care of the vineyard: those who followed the treatments we recommended and kept the” topie “well ventilated, will have better bunches with a higher grade sugary. In terms of quantity, we expect a return to the numbers of the last two years, which had been exceptional years. Over three thousand quintals of Erbaluce docg and 600 quintals of red Canavese should be delivered to the cellar. The resulting Erbaluce and Canavese wines will be of excellent quality: the wine will be very long-lived and will be able to refine well over time ». So the are good sales prospects for 2022. In the meantime, the works for the construction of the new headquarters of the Cooperative in front of the historic winery are about to be completed, which began more than a year ago with an investment of around 800 thousand euros. «The goal – says Merlo – is to increase the turnover also through the organization of dedicated events in the new room on the ground floor of the building». The Erbaluce di Caluso Winery, founded in 1975, associates about 80% of Caluso’s producers. The cellar is also used as an educational laboratory by the students of the Carlo Ubertini Agricultural Institute. –

Lydia mass

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