The wine region of Dolcetto di Diano d'Alba is located in the region of Piémont of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Salvano or the Domaine Claudio Alario produce mainly wines red, sparkling and sweet. On the nose of Dolcetto di Diano d'Alba often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or red fruit. In the mouth of Dolcetto di Diano d'Alba is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.
We currently count 50 estates and châteaux in the of Dolcetto di Diano d'Alba, producing 97 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Dolcetto di Diano d'Alba go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb.
Picardan is a white grape variety from Provence. Currently, this variety no longer exists. It is otherwise known as gallet blanc, grosse clairette, aragnan, papadoux or milhaud blanc. It is also called œillade blanche, but it has nothing to do with the œillade noire grape variety.Picardan has cottony buds and fairly large leaves. Its truncated cone-shaped bunches of grapes are tightly packed. The berries are smaller than those of Cinsault and are rather pinkish in colour when they reach maturity. Like Cinsault, Picardy is a late bloomer with a sweet, musky aroma. Vigorous, it is not too afraid of grey rot, but it is more sensitive to erinosis. Picardan is one of the grape varieties used in the Châteauneuf-du-Pape appellation. It gives a wine with a particular bouquet and when it is associated with other grape varieties such as mourvèdre or syrah. The rosé wine it produces is of good quality.
red wines from the region of Dolcetto di Diano d'Alba go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of venison leg in casserole, cannelloni with salmon and spinach or pan-fried lamb heart.
On the nose in the region of Dolcetto di Diano d'Alba often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or red fruit. In the mouth in the region of Dolcetto di Diano d'Alba is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.
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