Red
Briccolero
By Chionetti, Dogliani, Piemonte, Italy
A Dogliani DOCG selected from the best plots of the family's San Luigi property. Certified organic, with about 20,000 bottles produced.
Tasting notes
Intense violet color. Nose of blackberry with balsamic and spicy notes. Pleasant acidity and firm tannins.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Dogliani DOCG
- Grape
- Dolcetto 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Briccolero
- Production area
- A selection of the best-suited plots within the Chionetti family's San Luigi property, on the steep eastern slope near the hilltop.
- Soil
- Light-colored soil of clay, silt and sand, with a strong sand content, high calcium carbonate and an alkaline pH (eastern slope and hilltop of San Luigi).
- Exposure
- East, hilltop
- Harvest
- September
- Vinification
- Harvested and fermented in September, aged mainly in cement tanks with a smaller portion in large French oak barrels for about a year from harvest to sale, unfiltered.
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