Brichet

Dolcetto d'Alba D.O.C.

Dolcetto d'Alba is a very important Piedmontease wine that finds in Mango a very favourable microclimate. Its name is due to the particularly sweetness of the pulp from which instead come a dry wine.
Red ruby colour tending to the violet; fresh and fragrant at the nose, with notes recalling the ripe cherry and plum. The Brichet has got a fresh aroma, lively. It is a dry wine, slightly bitter, with a moderate acidity, well-balanced, full-body.

Vine:
Dolcetto d'Alba.
Average age of the vineyards:
50 years.
Growing system:
simple Guyot.
Position:
clay-calcareous hill.
Exposure:
south-west.
Altitude:
500 m.s.l.s.
Inclination:
48%.
Vines per hectare:
6000.
Yield per hectare:
75 q.li.
Harvest system:
by hand.
Vinification system:
traditional by submerged cap and 4 pumping ups per day;
refining in stainless steel tank for 4 months;
bottling in late Spring.
Matches:
whole meal wine, it goes well with starters and main courses.
Service temperature:
16/18° C.

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