Red
Fonti
By Cantina di Tortona, Colli Tortonesi, Piemonte, Italy
Fonti is Cantina di Tortona's Dolcetto, a variety the cooperative calls a noble Piedmontese grape that thrives in the vineyards around Tortona.
Tasting notes
Deep purple-red colour. Sour cherry and blackberry aromas with a light spiciness on the finish. Medium bodied on the palate, pleasantly fresh, with young, well balanced tannins.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Colli Tortonesi DOC Dolcetto
- Grape
- Dolcetto
- Production area
- Tortona and neighbouring communes
- Soil
- Clay soil with a sandy or calcareous-sandy skeleton
- Exposure
- West to southwest, 100 to 300 m above sea level
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot training, 10 buds per plant, 4,000 vines per hectare
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