Red
Dolcetto di Ovada
By Tacchino, Monferrato, Piemonte, Italy
Dolcetto di Ovada from the Le Vigne line, first made in 1990 and kept in steel before bottling. Alcohol 13-14% vol.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Dolcetto di Ovada DOC
- Grape
- Dolcetto 100%
- Production area
- Castelletto d'Orba (AL), vineyards at 300-320 m above sea level
- Soil
- Clay and limestone
- Exposure
- Mainly south-west
- Harvest
- Fully ripe, hand-picked in 20 kg crates
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot, 5,000 vines per hectare
- Vinification
- Fermented in stainless steel at a controlled 28°C, malolactic fermentation in steel. Aged in stainless steel, then in bottle for as long as needed.
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