Red
Dolcetto d'Alba
By Schiavenza, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Dolcetto from 1.44 hectares of Serralunga vineyards, fermented in concrete and bottled without oak.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Dolcetto d'Alba DOC
- Grape
- Dolcetto 100%
- Production area
- Vineyards in Serralunga d'Alba, 300 to 400 m above sea level, 1.44 ha
- Soil
- Clay and limestone
- Harvest
- By hand, first half of September
- Vineyard planting
- traditional Guyot, 4,000 vines per hectare; average vine age 10 to 15 years
- Vinification
- Fermentation and maceration in concrete vats of 3,000 to 5,000 litres at 25 to 27 C, with two pump-overs a day. Racked several times into steel tanks for about 10 days; bottled after racking and rested in cool, dark cellars.
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