Red
Dolcetto d'Alba
By Brezza Giacomo e Figli, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Dolcetto from sandy soil in Barolo, with good fruit quality even in rainy years thanks to the soil's drainage.
Tasting notes
Violet colour, very lively; elegant, fruity nose of good complexity with a slight bitter-almond finish typical of the area's Dolcetto.
Pairs well with
Wide-ranging, from starters to dessert.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Dolcetto d'Alba DOC
- Grape
- Dolcetto
- Production area
- Municipality of Barolo; 1.4482 ha
- Soil
- Silty sand; sand 33%, silt 44%, clay 23%. Soft, sandy soil with high drainage
- Exposure
- South-west; 280 m
- Harvest
- 8 to 15 September
- Vineyard planting
- Planted 1991, 4,630 vines/ha at 0.8 m x 2.7 m, Guyot-trained trellis, 420A, K5BB and SO4 rootstocks, yield about 7,000 kg/ha.
- Vinification
- Grapes are destemmed and crushed, then ferment at no more than 26 C. After about 7 days the wine is drawn off the skins and held at 18 C for malolactic fermentation, then kept in steel and cement tanks until bottling in April, followed by a month in bottle before release.
- Storage
- Keeps well for some years, though it gradually loses its freshness.
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