Red
Dolcetto d'Alba
By Aurelio Settimo, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
An everyday Dolcetto, 12.5% to 13% alcohol, up to 8,000 bottles, that keeps 2 to 3 years after bottling.
Tasting notes
Intense ruby red, with the variety's fruity aromas of maraschino cherry, strawberry, red currant and wild red berries. Fresh, fruity and very juicy on the palate.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Dolcetto d'Alba DOC
- Grape
- Dolcetto 100%
- Production area
- Same area as the estate's Barolo, in La Morra
- Soil
- Calcareous
- Exposure
- East
- Vineyard planting
- 0.97 ha of Dolcetto; vines 9 to 60 years old across the estate, Guyot, 4,500-5,000 vines per hectare; max yield 9,000 kg/ha
- Vinification
- Short fermentation on the skins (about 7 days) with frequent cap breaking and pumping over, temperature controlled at 27-28 C. Malolactic in concrete. 24 to 28 months ageing in concrete tanks, at least 3 months in bottle.
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