The wine region of Dolcetto d'Alba is located in the region of Piémont of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Giuseppe Rinaldi or the Domaine Flavio Roddolo produce mainly wines red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Dolcetto d'Alba are Nebbiolo, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Dolcetto d'Alba often reveals types of flavors of cherry, cinnamon or black plum and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, cedar or hay.
In the mouth of Dolcetto d'Alba is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth. We currently count 519 estates and châteaux in the of Dolcetto d'Alba, producing 666 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Dolcetto d'Alba go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb.
An interspecific cross made in 1884 by Georges Couderc (1850-1928) between chasselas rose and rupestris. This direct-producing hybrid was multiplied much more in the south-west of France and in the Loire Valley, and in some cases was even used as rootstock. François Baco (1865-1947) and Vincent Malègue (1830-1915) also used it as a progenitor. - Synonymy: red bird, tank, Terray hybrid, malafosse, oazo rukh, sakhotin (for all the grape variety synonyms, click here!). - Description: small to medium-sized bunches, cylindrical-conical, winged, more or less compact, sometimes with small green berries, medium-sized stalks remaining green when ripe; small, spherical berries, beautiful bluish-black skin, very pruinose, pulpy, with coloured juice.
wines from the region of Dolcetto d'Alba go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of caramelized beef with onions, pasta with ham and tomato or doner kebab.
On the nose in the region of Dolcetto d'Alba often reveals types of flavors of cherry, blackberry or mushroom and sometimes also flavors of non oak, earth or microbio. In the mouth in the region of Dolcetto d'Alba is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.
