Red
Dolcetto d'Alba
By Tenuta Rocca, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Dolcetto 100%, fermented and aged in steel.
Tasting notes
Lively ruby red with purplish hues. Geranium and fresh fruit on the nose. Dry, tart and warm on the palate, red fruit with perceptible tannins and an almond finish.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Dolcetto d'Alba DOC
- Grape
- Dolcetto 100%
- Soil
- Lequio formation (Serravallian), young soils with poor water availability made up of calcareous clay marls
- Exposure
- Southeast, west, 360 m
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot; organic fertilisation and compost, mechanical weeding; certified organic
- Vinification
- Shoot and early bunch thinning during ripening, bunch selection at harvest. Traditional red vinification, fermentation at 28-30 C in steel tanks. Aged in steel.
- Serving temperature
- 15-17 °C
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