Red
Dolcetto d'Alba
By Agricola Gian Piero Marrone, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
A Dolcetto d'Alba from vines planted in 2003, kept in steel on fine lees for four months.
Tasting notes
Very intense ruby red with violet reflections. Red fruit, jam and cherry on the nose. Dry, with modest acidity and a pleasant bitter aftertaste.
Pairs well with
An all-meal wine, ideal with dishes that are not too elaborate.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Dolcetto d'Alba DOC
- Grape
- Dolcetto 100%
- Soil
- Recent geological formation: mainly calcareous surface soil with much quartz sand and very fine limestone, alternating with compact layers of grey sandstone and white marls
- Exposure
- North-west, 380 m a.s.l.
- Harvest
- Manual, first week of September
- Vineyard planting
- Average planting year 2003, traditional Guyot
- Vinification
- Destemming, crushing and fermentation on the skins at 23 °C for 6 to 7 days. Micro-oxygenation until malolactic fermentation, then 4 months in steel on fine lees.
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