Dolcetto d'Alba

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The production area extends over 35 communes around Alba, and the vine-clad hills, especially those of Miocene origin on the right bank of the Tanaro river, have grown Dolcetto vines for centuries.
• The hills of the Langhe have their geological origin in the Tertiary or Cenozoic Era, which began nearly 70 million years ago.
• The high hills overlooking the Tanaro river are characterized by white tufaceous marl in the production area.
• The soil is largely made up of the geological formation known as Tortonian soil, one of the 14 sedimentary layers of the Tertiary basin of Piedmont.
• Tortonian soil is characterized by layered, weakly resistant, grey-bluish marls and sands, which form low, rounded, whitish hills favourable to vine-growing.

• Dolcetto d'Alba wine was granted DOC status in 1974, after the variety had for centuries been a mainstay of Piedmontese rural life and a trading commodity with Liguria. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)

• The wine has a ruby red colour of variable intensity depending on the soil type, with deep, very pronounced violet highlights.
• The nose is vinous and fragrant with fruity notes in which cherry and plum can be recognized, while the palate is dry, with modest acidity and a delicate bitter note.

• In the soils of the Langhe, Dolcetto finds its ideal habitat, and the clayey marls give a fresh, elegant wine.

Facts drawn from the specification's terroir-link section by automatic interpretation — see the source.

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Sources

• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PDO-IT-A1142
• Official trade body site — Consorzio di Tutela Barolo Barbaresco Alba Langhe e Dogliani