The wine region of Dolcetto d'Asti is located in the region of Piémont of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Casata Monticello or the Domaine Ricossa produce mainly wines red. On the nose of Dolcetto d'Asti often reveals types of flavors of black fruit, red fruit or oak and sometimes also flavors of non oak, earth or vegetal. In the mouth of Dolcetto d'Asti is a powerful.
We currently count 53 estates and châteaux in the of Dolcetto d'Asti, producing 61 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Dolcetto d'Asti go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb.
This variety has been cultivated for a very long time in Italy - currently in second place - and is very well known in Piedmont. It is, however, little known in France and is registered in the Official Catalogue of Wine Grape Varieties, list A1. It is not related to the white barbera, which also comes from the same country and region. It should be noted that other Italian grape varieties, mainly black, bear the name barbera, which should not be confused with the black Barbera that can also be found in Eastern Europe, South Africa and America.
wines from the region of Dolcetto d'Asti go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of small stuffed fish from nice, flammekueche with munster cheese or traditional tunisian couscous.
