Winery Scarpa - Selva Rossa Dolcetto d'Acqui

Winery ScarpaSelva Rossa Dolcetto d'Acqui

4.2
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Selva Rossa Dolcetto d'Acqui of Winery Scarpa is a red wine from the region of Dolcetto d'Acqui of Piémont.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful.
This wine generally goes well with beef, game (deer, venison) or lamb.

Taste structure of the Selva Rossa Dolcetto d'Acqui from the Winery Scarpa

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Selva Rossa Dolcetto d'Acqui of Winery Scarpa in the region of Piémont is a powerful.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Selva Rossa Dolcetto d'Acqui of Winery Scarpa in the region of Piémont often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, red fruit or black fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Scarpa's Selva Rossa Dolcetto d'Acqui.

Winemaker
Silvio Trinchero
Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Millot Léon

Interspecific crossing between the 101-14 Millardet and Grasset (vitis riparia X vitis rupestris) and the goldriesling obtained by Eugène Kühlmann (1858-1932) around 1911 and marketed around 1921. With these same parents, he obtained among others the Maréchal Foch. Léon Millot is still found in Canada, the United States, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands, Poland and England. In France, where it was grown for a long time in Alsace, it is no longer grown in the vineyards, although it is listed in the Official Catalogue of Vine Varieties, list A.

Last vintages of this wine

Selva Rossa Dolcetto d'Acqui - 2000
In the top 100 of of Dolcetto d'Acqui wines
Average rating: 4.211110

The best vintages of Selva Rossa Dolcetto d'Acqui from Winery Scarpa are 2000

Informations about the Winery Scarpa

The winery offers 36 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is in the top 15 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Dolcetto d'Acqui in the region of Piémont
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The Winery Scarpa is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 21 wines for sale in the of Dolcetto d'Acqui to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Piémont
In the top 25000 of of Italy wines
In the top 150 of of Dolcetto d'Acqui wines
In the top 75000 of red wines
In the top 150000 wines of the world

The wine region of Dolcetto d'Acqui

The wine region of Dolcetto d'Acqui is located in the region of Piémont of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Scarpa or the Domaine Banfi produce mainly wines red and sparkling. On the nose of Dolcetto d'Acqui often reveals types of flavors of microbio, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or non oak. In the mouth of Dolcetto d'Acqui is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.


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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The word of the wine: Grafting

A method used since the phylloxera crisis, consisting of fixing a graft of local origin on a rootstock resistant to phylloxera.

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