What on earth is an Erbaluce? Was what I thought upon being presented with this wine. Well, it is one of the seemingly endless lesser Italian grapes out there, grown in Northern Piemonte. After tasting it I could only think “Why is this a ‘lesser’ grape?!”. The complexity on this was astounding. Cooked pear and apple, almond, lemon, brioche, honeysuckle, sultana! I was seriously floored by this wine. The only fault I could say is that the acidity is pretty mild, making this a better wine to just drink and enjoy for its own complexity than to worry about pairing with food, although a decent brie or bleu would be nice too.