Winery Facchino - Carasoi Ovada

Winery FacchinoCarasoi Ovada

3.9
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Carasoi Ovada of Winery Facchino is a red wine from the region of Dolcetto di Ovada of Piémont.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.
This wine generally goes well with beef, game (deer, venison) or lamb.

Taste structure of the Carasoi Ovada from the Winery Facchino

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Carasoi Ovada of Winery Facchino in the region of Piémont is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

Details and technical informations about Winery Facchino's Carasoi Ovada.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
14°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Chenin

Chenin, also known as pinot de la Loire Valley (pineau), is the flagship grape variety of the Loire Valley. It would have found its first origins in Anjou where it would have been cultivated by the monks of the Abbey of Saint-Maur located between Angers and Saumur since the 6th century. chenin is a great white grape variety which likes particularly the chalky soils called here stones of tufa which were used for the construction of the castles of the Loire Valley. Its bunches are medium-sized, fairly compact and its berries are more or less small. It is an early variety, which resists well to diseases. Chenin has the particularity of being able to participate as well in the elaboration of dry white wines as of sweet white wines or sparkling wines. Perfectly structured by the acidity, elegant, with a complex nose and aromas of yellow fruits, dry fruits, citrus fruits, white flowers, honey... the wine resulting from the chenin is rather lively and nervous, which allows him a good potential of guard. Chenin covers about 10,000 hectares in France, and is very productive in South Africa where it covers more than 26,000 hectares.

Last vintages of this wine

Carasoi Ovada - 2011
In the top 100 of of Dolcetto di Ovada wines
Average rating: 3.911110

The best vintages of Carasoi Ovada from Winery Facchino are 2011

Informations about the Winery Facchino

The winery offers 17 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Dolcetto di Ovada in the region of Piémont

The Winery Facchino is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 16 wines for sale in the of Dolcetto di Ovada to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Piémont
In the top 80000 of of Italy wines
In the top 15000 of of Dolcetto di Ovada wines
In the top 300000 of red wines
In the top 500000 wines of the world

The wine region of Dolcetto di Ovada

The wine region of Dolcetto di Ovada is located in the region of Piémont of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Castello di Tagliolo or the Domaine Rocco di Carpeneto produce mainly wines red, sparkling and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Dolcetto di Ovada are Cortese, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Dolcetto di Ovada often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, plum or red cherry and sometimes also flavors of earth, microbio or red fruit.


The wine region of Piémont

Piedmont (Piemonte) holds an unrivalled place among the world's finest wine regions. Located in northwestern Italy, it is home to more DOCG wines than any other Italian region, including such well-known and respected names as Barolo, Barbaresco and Barbera d'Asti. Though famous for its Austere, Tannic, Floral">floral reds made from Nebbiolo, Piedmont's biggest success story in the past decade has been Moscato d'Asti, a Sweet, Sparkling white wine. Piedmont Lies, as its name suggests, at the foot of the Western Alps, which encircle its northern and western sides and form its naturally formidable border with Provence, France.

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