Red
Aldo
By Adriano Marco e Vittorio, Barbaresco, Piemonte, Italy
Dolcetto named after the family's grandfather Aldo, from 4 hectares in San Rocco Seno d'Elvio.
Tasting notes
Ruby with violet highlights; plum and cherry notes, dry and delicately tart.
Pairs well with
Bread and raw salame, vitello tonnato, anchovies in green sauce, snails, pad thai.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Dolcetto d'Alba DOC
- Grape
- Dolcetto 100%
- Production area
- San Rocco Seno d'Elvio (Alba); east and west facing, 300 m above sea level
- Soil
- Lequio formation (grey marl alternating with sand)
- Harvest
- By hand, around mid-September
- Vineyard planting
- 4 hectares, vines about 25 years old
- Vinification
- Crushed and destemmed; spontaneous fermentation in stainless steel at 24 to 25 C, racked after about a week; spontaneous malolactic in steel; bottled in April and aged about 9 months in bottle.
- Serving temperature
- 14 to 16 C
- Storage
- Dark, dry place at a constant temperature below 20 C