Cantina Orsolani

The Orsolani family winery has been active in San Giorgio Canavese for 125 years and four generations. Its vineyards have now received organic certification thanks to cultivation practices that have no impact on the environment. Among its most impressive wines are two very different still whites: Vintage, made with grapes grown in rows and aged in wood, and the fresher Rustia, made with grapes trained with the classic pergola canavesana system and aged in steel. In Piedmontese dialect the word “rustia” means “roasted by the sun” (withered, that is) and the name of the wine refers to the fact that the grapes used are the ones from the sunniest side of the pergolas. The more hidden bunches take longer to ripen and provide the base for Cuvèe tradizione Metodo Classico, a vintage extra brut spumante. The excellent Sulè is a passito made with erbaluce grapes. The best of the reds is Acini Sparsi, made mainly with barbera grapes. It is possible to visit the winery and the shop near the centre of San Giorgio is open to the public from Monday to Saturday.

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