Dolcetto d’Alba – D.O.C.
Ruby red in colour with violet reflections, this wine is nicely toned in scent with hints of sour black cherry and cherry on recalls of coffee cream. Rich and tonic in the mouth,almost austere, this unique wine has a balsamic and fruity finish.
Its complexity makes it last more than 6 years.
NOTES
Colour: Ruby red in colour with violet reflections
Scent: nicely toned in scent with hints of sour black cherry and cherry on recalls of coffee cream
Flavour: Rich and tonic in the mouth,almost austere, this unique wine has a balsamic and fruity finish
Best served at: 18 C
Food matches: Its ideal approach is with appetizers, first courses, white meat, red roasted meat brazed and overcooked, dishes with truffle, stewed or roasted blue fish, seasoned cheeses.
VINEYARD
Cru: Piano delli Perdoni
Height o.s.l.: 420 m.
Sun exposure: our vineyards are situated on a ventilated and sunny all day long
Vines per hectare: 5000 vines per hectare
Farming: Gujot and a balanced dry pruning, a careful cure in the moment of greater vegetative development and a radical thinning before and after the beginning of the ripening, manually executed, allow a close care of a qualitative control. The mechanized part of the job concerns exclusively the treatments (copper sulfate and pit sulfur) and the control of the grass growth.
Soil: Sand 27%, Limo 51%, Clay 22%
Year of implant: due vigneti, uno di 20 anni e l’altro di 40 anni
Surface: 7 hectares
PRODUCTION PROCESS
Harvest: It is collected by hand in appropriate cases during the last week of September.
Vinifcation: in steel vats for ten days of maceration on peel
Fining: in bottle for two months
Vintage: 2010
Aging: We bottle it in August without filtering it and we sell it after two months of refining in bottle
Produced bottles: 30000
Ageing potential: It must be drunk within 6/8 years depending on vintage year.
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
Alcohol vol. (%): 13.5%