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Dolcetto di Dogliani D.O.C. Passola
A remarkable intensive dry wine of outstanding character and with a harmonic and pleasing ligneous scent.
WINE TYPE: Dry Red
GRAPES: 100% Dolcetto
VINEYARD: Cover-cropped with legumes through end of June, then mulched
HARVEST: Mid-, end-September, upon perfect maturation.
HARVEST METHOD: Hand-picked, with rigorous grading of bunches.
VINIFICATION: Careful destemming, then soft pressing of the grapes. Temperature-controlled fermentation on the skins.
MATURATION: Ten months in stainless steel, 18 months in barrel then 3 months’ bottle ageing.
CELLARING POTENTIAL: 8 years
SENSORY PROFILE
COLOUR: deep ruby red tending to orange
BOUQUET: Ample and complex, pleasant with signs of mature fruit and a light note of wood
TASTE: dry with hints of almonds, good body, persistent
MAINTENANCE: In fresh place, deprived of light with lain down bottle
COMBINING: White meats and redheads, average's cheeses seasoning.
TEMPERATURE: 16°-18° C.
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