Description
It presents itself to the eye with a deep garnet red colour with purple reflections. The nose has a crisp, fresh bouquet of small berries and cherries. On the palate, the flavour is dry, a full-bodied wine.
Details
Perfume
Color
Taste
Serve at:
14 -16 °C.
Longevity:
05 - 10 years
Decanting time:
1 hour
Pairings
- Start up year: 1928
- Oenologist: Piero Ballario
- Bottles produced: 90.000
- Hectares: 18
In the early 1980s we decided to go back to our origins as grape growers, well aware that our work did not stop at the end of the row of vines. We had no illusions that we were inventing anything: we merely wanted to comply with the best in the traditions and work of our predecessors, without any preconceived ideas. The first logical consequence was the decision, from 1978, to vinify and bottle separately grapes from our various vineyards. Read more
| Name | Elio Grasso Dolcetto d'Alba dei Grassi 2024 |
|---|---|
| Type | Red green still |
| Denomination | Dolcetto d'Alba DOC |
| Vintage | 2024 |
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 13.0% by volume |
| Grape varieties | 100% Dolcetto |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Piedmont |
| Vendor | Elio Grasso |
| Origin | Monforte d'Alba (Cuneo). |
| Climate | Altitude: 280 m a.s.l. Exposure: South-East. |
| Soil composition | Medium limestone-clay mixture. |
| Cultivation system | Guyot. |
| Plants per hectare | 4,500 kg/hectare. |
| Harvest | By hand, the second and third decade of September. |
| Wine making | 'Dolcetto d'Alba dei Grassi' vinification involves alcoholic fermentation in stainless steel tanks at a controlled temperature, with daily pumping-over. |
| Aging | After malolactic fermentation, the wine ages in stainless steel and is bottled in April-May. |
| Allergens | Contains sulphites |

