Red
Dolcetto di Diano d'Alba
By Cascina Bongiovanni, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
A full-bodied Dolcetto from one 0.3-hectare vineyard in Diano d'Alba. 2,000 to 2,500 bottles; alcohol 14 to 15%.
Tasting notes
Colour: intense violet-red. Aromas: small red woodland berries. Palate: full-bodied, with elegant tannins and a persistent, harmonious finish.
Pairs well with
Cured meats and substantial first courses, white meats and medium-aged cheeses.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Dolcetto di Diano d'Alba DOCG
- Grape
- Dolcetto
- Production area
- Diano d'Alba (single vineyard of about 0.3 ha)
- Soil
- Clay
- Exposure
- South-east
- Harvest
- Early September
- Vineyard planting
- Low-trained Guyot; average vine age 15-20 years; 4,000 vines per hectare; maximum yield 80 quintals per hectare, reduced by bunch thinning
- Vinification
- Destemmed grapes macerate on the skins for 5-7 days in stainless steel; the wine is drawn off when the must has used almost all its sugars, with frequent pump-overs. Aged in stainless steel, with micro-oxygenation in the first months. No clarification or filtration.
- Serving temperature
- 16-18 C
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