Cantina Orsolani

The Azienda Vitivinicola Orsolani wine cellar in San Giorgio Canavese has its roots in the decision of the great grandparents of the present owner Gianluigi Orsolani in 1894 to open an inn in which they served the family’s wine. The business has developed in the course of time and the cellar is now a benchmark for the promotion of Erbaluce di Caluso. Since 1985 it has produced the Rustìa selection made with the ripest, least acidic grapes, while the most acidic are transformed into metodo classico spumantes: the range comprises Brut Tradizione, Brut Millesimato, aged 48 months on the lees, and Etichetta Nera, aged for more than 60 months. The most impressive still wines are Rustìa, Idi di Maggio and Vindage, aged in wood for four years. The cellar also produces a Canavese Rosso and two Erbaluce-based vermouths, a white to be drunk as an aperitif and a post-prandial amber version. The wines are commercialised in Italy and overseas, in numerous European countries, Japan and the United States.

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