Red
Dolcetto d'Alba
By F.lli Moscone, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Dolcetto d'Alba from Monforte d'Alba, kept in stainless steel for 12 months to preserve its fruit.
Tasting notes
Colour: ruby red. Nose: intense red fruit and blackberry with floral notes of violet and cyclamen, then delicate spice. Palate: fruity, vinous and medium-bodied, with a good acid backbone and rounded tannins that make it persistent and easy to drink.
Pairs well with
Perfect throughout a meal, as an aperitif with savoury pies, ham and medium-aged cheeses; goes with risotto, vegetable first courses and delicate preparations such as soups and veloutés.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Dolcetto d'Alba DOC
- Grape
- Dolcetto 100%
- Production area
- Monforte d'Alba, 450 to 480 m
- Soil
- Mostly clayey and calcareous
- Exposure
- South and south-west
- Harvest
- September, hand harvested
- Vineyard planting
- 4,500 vines per hectare, Guyot
- Vinification
- Hand harvest. About 10 days on the skins, fermentation at about 28°C in stainless steel (tech sheet: 26°C), malolactic before winter. In spring into stainless steel for 12 months before bottling. 13 to 13.5% vol; 0.75 l.
- Serving temperature
- 18 to 20°C
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