Red

Diano Senza Solfiti Aggiunti

By Cortino - Produttori Dianesi, Langhe, Piemonte, Italy

Cortino - Produttori Dianesi Diano Senza Solfiti Aggiunti

A Diano Dolcetto made with no sulphites added and fermented with indigenous yeasts.

Tasting notes

Dark ruby red with violet shades. Fresh but intense, clean aroma of small berries and cherry. Dry, with good body. Average life of the wine: 2 years.

Pairs well with

Suits the whole meal: Piedmontese starters such as raw meat, stuffed peppers, cured and cooked salami and vitello tonnato; first courses such as agnolotti and lasagne; white meats, rolls and skewers; medium-aged cheeses.

Technical details

Style
Red
Denomination
Diano DOCG
Grape
Dolcetto 100%
Production area
Diano d'Alba municipality
Soil
Light clay, rich in magnesium oxide and manganese
Harvest
Second ten days of September
Vineyard planting
Guyot training, in rows about 2 metres apart; 80 q per hectare
Vinification
Made with indigenous yeasts. After malolactic fermentation the wine was moved outside into the cold, where the hard winter temperatures gave natural stabilisation and clarification, then bottled. Aged in steel, blended in spring; released within 2 months. The producer says sulphite additions are kept very low across the whole range.
Serving temperature
18-20 °C

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