Dolcetto d'Alba Rochettevino, Voerzio Martini

DOLCETTO D'ALBA ROCHETTEVINO

D.O.C.

Municipality

La Morra

Variety

100% Dolcetto

Plants/ha

6,000

Planted vineyard's year

1988

Training sistem

Guyot

Sun exposition

South East – East

Soil

Tufo with slight presence of sand and clay

Altitude above sea level

410 m

In the vineyard

Over the past 30 years it has been significantly increased leaf area compared to the amount of bunches, in order to obtain consistently high quality grapes

Thinning

The selection of the grapes takes place mainly in the vineyard during the entire phase of fruit set, veraison and ripening. Three green harvest are made manually in order to reduce the production per hectare and to have clusters all equal with a uniform ripening

Harvest

it is done by hand using small crates in order to haven’t broken grapes before the crushing

Vinification

the alcoholic fermentation takes place in stainless steel tanks – submerged cap, with the control of the fermentation temperature and racking. It lasts about 15/20 days. No ageing in wood but it is made a light ageing in stainless steel tanks. All the operations after the fermentation are made using nitrogen in order to protect the wine from oxygen, to preserve aromatic and colorant substances and to limit the use of sulfites

Dry extract

32g/L

Colour

iintense ruby red color with intense violet shades

Bouquet

vinous, large and net, rich hints of red fruits with a prevalence of black cherry and blueberry; violet perfume in perfusion and very elegant

Flavour

full, hot and harmonic, young and silky tannins, slightly mineral and strongly sapid, young evolutionary stage with vegetal notes, persistent aftertaste and moderately tannic, excellent harmony