Red
Capitano del Palio
By Cantine Povero, Roero, Piemonte, Italy
A Monferrato Dolcetto, 2025 vintage, 13% alcohol; named after the figure who opens the Palio parade. Also sold as a 1.5 l magnum.
Tasting notes
Ruby red with violet reflections. Soft, fruity aromas of blueberry, plum, violet and cherry. Full-bodied and pleasantly dry, with a long finish and a light note of freshly cut grass.
Pairs well with
Home-style cooking, baked pasta, vegetable and legume minestrone, chicken cacciatora, stewed rabbit, mixed starters.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Monferrato DOC Dolcetto
- Grape
- Dolcetto 100%
- Soil
- Rich in sands and calcareous clays
- Vineyard planting
- Espalier training with guyot pruning; hand-harvested
- Vinification
- Fermented in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks at 26°C for 6 to 8 days; malolactic fermentation at 20°C; 3 months in steel.
- Serving temperature
- 16 to 18°C
- Storage
- Best within 2 years of the harvest
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