Canavese & Torinese is a wine area in Piemonte near the Alps. In Canavese and the Torinese hills, altitude and morainic soils keep reds lighter and make Erbaluce one of Piemonte's sharpest whites. Canavese is associated with the Erbaluce and Carema DOCs. Erbaluce is a historic indigenous Piemonte variety and a useful name to look for in this part of the region.
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- Alto Piemonte11 producersAlto Piemonte is cooler and higher, with Nebbiolo-based blends grown on volcanic and glacial soils. Its Nebbiolo tends toward redder fruit and less tannic structure than southern Piemonte examples.
- Langhe149 producersLanghe is the Nebbiolo core of Piemonte, with Barolo and Barbaresco on calcareous marl hills. Barbera, Dolcetto, Arneis and Pelaverga are also classic local varieties.
- Monferrato & Asti34 producersMonferrato and Asti stretch across vineyard hills where Barbera shares the map with Moscato, Grignolino, Ruchè, Brachetto and Dolcetto.
- Roero9 producersAcross the Tanaro from the Langhe, Roero pairs softer Nebbiolo with Arneis. Roero Arneis must contain at least 95% Arneis and can show peach, pear, almond and floral notes.
Producer profiles
Producers in Canavese & Torinese
- Antica TorinoTurin house reviving traditional Piedmontese aromatized wines from historic recipes, with a range built on named Langhe base wines and botanical macerations that include thirteen-ingredient Vino Chinato and a Vermouth di Torino Bianco.
- Azienda Agricola Le MarieCertified organic family estate in Barge, Cuneo province, farming red schist at 400 to 450 metres under DOC Pinerolese.
- Azienda Vitivinicola BalbianoFamily estate in the Turin hills farming Freisa di Chieri since 1941, with a range that spans tank-refermented frizzante, Classic Method sparkling, and still wines, plus the only urban DOC vineyard in Italy at Villa della Regina in Turin.
- Balbiano MelchiorreThree-generation estate in the Turin hills making dry Freisa di Chieri when most of Piemonte had given up on the grape.
- Kaliro SpiritsAlba vermouth producer making Vermouth di Torino Superiore from named Piedmont DOC grapes, with wine content at 84% of the final volume and no caramel coloring.
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- SagaceSagace makes two Italian reds from opposite ends of the country: a Langhe Nebbiolo aged in old oak and concrete, bottled without filtration, and a Sicilia Nero d'Avola raised entirely in stainless steel.
- Torini DistillatiFamily-owned vermouth and aperitivo house in Moncalieri, south of Turin, producing the Hotel Starlino range from Marsala and Trebbiano wine bases aged in Kentucky bourbon barrels.