Dolcetto d'Alba Barturot 2022

Description

Dolcetto d'Alba Barturot is the DOC par excellence of the Piedmontese winery Ca' Viola, produced since 1991 in Montelupo Albese, a small village located in the Langhe, in the province of Cuneo. Here, in those years, a young Beppe Caviola, at the beginning of his career, decided to rent a 2-hectare plot of land and begin cultivating Dolcetto, a red grape variety widespread in Piedmont, especially in the Langhe area, appreciated for the low acidity of its grapes. The geographical location chosen by Caviola is particularly favorable for his purpose: it is located on clayey limestone soil at 500 meters above sea level, where it enjoys a temperate climate characterized by harsh winters and fairly cool, breezy summers. The vines used to produce Dolcetto d'Alba Barturot Ca' Viola are over 70 years old and are trained using the Guyot system using exclusively natural methods (manure, green manure, copper, and sulfur). Fermentation takes place in temperature-controlled tanks for 15 days, without the use of selected yeasts. Ageing takes place for 14 months in large barrels and an average of 8 months in the bottle to achieve the best results. However, it can easily be left to age in the cellar for over 5 years. From the first bottles, it was clear that Dolcetto d'Alba Barturot would become the symbol of the Ca' Viola winery.

Details

Perfume

The nose expresses a complex fruit and floral bouquet with notes of violet, currants and black cherry in the forefront.

Color

Intense ruby red with violet notes.

Taste

Excellent body in the mouth while maintaining its drinkability. Long, harmonious, fruit finish.

Serve at:

14 -16 °C.

Longevity:

05 - 10 years

Decanting time:

1 hour

Producer

Producer

Ca Viola

From this winery

• Start up year: 1991
• Oenologist: Giuseppe Caviola
• Bottles produced: 80.000
• Hectares: 10

1991. It is carved in the beginning of the decade that year the debut of Beppe Caviola in the wine world. After his studies, the young Beppe is used at the Gallo Center for Enology, just outside Alba. There he met Maurizio Anselmo, with whom he formed a deep friendship and likely to change both their lives. Maurizio comes from Rodello, a handful of houses put on the upwind side of a large hill full of rows of candy. Hobby work a vineyard handkerchief which gives the fruits to the local cooperative. Especially, it possesses a tractor. Beppe asks him to also use it in a small farm on which he has set his sights in his Montelupo, another tiny village on the road from Diano slips southward.

This is the Langa of the eighties: hills not yet known on which begins to blow a new wind, and where owning a tractor to work a vineyard can make a difference. So how does the difference know the right teachers. Beppe rent that vineyard of dreams, called Barturot, and processes the grapes in the garage of his parents' home. One day Elio Altare, already established star of the Barolo galaxy, taste the wine and encourages Beppe bottling. They come out 860 bottles of Dolcetto. The first label signed Caviola. It is 1991. Read more

Piedmont

Technical Sheet

Name	Ca' Viola Dolcetto d'Alba Barturot 2022
Type	Red green still
Denomination	Dolcetto d'Alba DOC
Vintage	2022
Size	0,75 l
Alcohol content	14.0% by volume
Grape varieties	100% Dolcetto
Country	Italy
Region	Piedmont
Vendor	Ca Viola
Origin	Dogliani (CN)
Climate	Altitude: 400 m. a.s.l. Exposure: South.
Soil composition	Alternating gray coloured silty marl and reddish-yellowish coloured sandstones (Lequio Formation). Sandy-loam, shallow, whitish coloured, calcareous, with alkaline pH.
Cultivation system	Guyot
Plants per hectare	5000
Yield per hectare	45-50 q
Harvest	Second half of September.
Wine making	15 days in temperature-controlled tanks.
Aging	8 0 months in big barrels.
Allergens	Contains sulphites