Red
Bricco dell'Oriolo
By Azelia, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
A single-vineyard Dolcetto from Montelupo Albese with full south exposure, made to drink young but able to age a few years.
Tasting notes
Intense colour; red fruit, blackberry, blueberry, rose and sweet spices, aromatic and mineral.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Dolcetto d'Alba DOC
- Grape
- Dolcetto 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Bricco dell'Oriolo
- Production area
- Montelupo Albese
- Soil
- Calcareous tending to sandy
- Exposure
- South, 600 m above sea level
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot, 4,400 vines per hectare, 55 years average vine age, 2.1 hectares
- Vinification
- About 7 days on the skins, 27 °C. Aged in stainless steel only. About 13,600 bottles.
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