Red
Sorì Pradurent
By Claudio Alario, Langhe, Piemonte, Italy
A wine unique in its kind, from vines produced by mass selection, aged longer than the estate's other Dolcetti for extra intensity and structure.
Tasting notes
Purplish red with deep nuances. Full, intense bouquet of fruit and flowers. Rich, enveloping flavour with pleasant tannins.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Dolcetto di Diano d'Alba Superiore DOCG
- Grape
- Dolcetto 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Pradurent
- Production area
- Diano d'Alba (CN)
- Soil
- Limestone tufa, with tufaceous veining
- Exposure
- South to south-westerly
- Harvest
- Mid-September
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot-trained vines, over 20 years old, at a density of 4000-5000 plants per hectare, from a mass selection carried out in the estate's other two Dolcetto vineyards. About 1 hectare, altitude around 450 m; planted 2003, first harvest 2006.
- Vinification
- Fermented in temperature-controlled tanks for 10 days. Aged about 10 months in second- and third-passage barriques, followed by a year in the bottle.
- Serving temperature
- 16-18°C
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