Dolcetto di Diano d’Alba Superiore DOCG
(d.o.c. D.P.R. 03/05/1974)
The concentrical Diano d’Alba district is located on a hilltop which is among the highest in the Langhe zone, where the dolcetto grape has been able to carve out an important space, dominating the best exposed slopes.
Dolcetto di Diano d’Alba can be presented as the Superiore type after aging for 18 months.
The features of Dolcetto di Diano d’Alba or Diano d’Alba Superiore foresees that, on putting the product on the market, as from the 1st September of the year following the harvest, the wine must present the following characteristics:
Colour
Ruby red.
Bouquet
Winey and pleasantly characteristic.
Flavour
Dry, pleasantly almond-like, with moderate acidity, good body, and harmonious.
Minimum total alcoholic strength by volume: 12.5%;
Minimum total acidity: 4.5 per thousand;
Minimum non-reducing extract: 23 g/litre.
Texts taken from “Albo Vigneti 2009” by the Cuneo Chamber of Commerce
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Dolcetto di Diano d’Alba Superiore DOCG: Vines
The Dolcetto di Diano d’Alba Superiore DOCG is a single varietal wine, and therefore can be made exclusively by Dolcetto grapes
The bunch of Dolcetto is a long pyramid in shape, and the grapes are round, with a blue-black skin. The fruit ripens in mid September. you can read more about Dolcetto here.
Recipes to pair with Dolcetto di Diano d’Alba Superiore DOCG
