Red
Dolcetto d'Acqui
By Convento Cappuccini, Monferrato, Piemonte, Italy
Dolcetto from 2 ha at Garbagnino, fermented and aged in steel.
Tasting notes
Violet colour, fairly intense nose described as vinous, recalling the cellar during fermentation. Dry and soft, with a good tannin.
Pairs well with
Cured meats and cheeses, as a snack wine.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Dolcetto d'Acqui DOC
- Grape
- Dolcetto 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Garbagnino
- Production area
- Ricaldone and Cassine, località Garbagnino
- Soil
- Ricaldone and Cassine: hills that are sometimes sandy, sometimes calcareous-clay; Cassine has calcareous-clay "white earth" soils
- Exposure
- South-east, 272 m
- Vineyard planting
- 2 ha, 272 m, mechanical weeding, hand harvest, 56 hl per hectare
- Vinification
- Destemmed and crushed, fermented in steel with selected yeasts. After 5 to 7 days of maceration the skins are removed, racked and softly pressed. Malolactic fermentation and ageing until bottling are also in steel.
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