Company Name:Fontanafredda srl

Vintage2006 

Format750 ml

ColorRed 

CategoryStill Wine 

Country/RegionItaly, Piemonte

Type of VineDolcetto

AppellationDolcetto di Diano d'Alba

ClassificationD.O.C. 

Alcohol Percentage13.5 %

Reference Price6.3 EUR

Sugar Rate0-5 g/l 

Special PackagingGift 

General

Tasting Notes:Deep ruby-red with violet highlights. The fine, fruity bouquet has very persistent, clear-cut overtones of blackberries and raspberries melted with overtones of plums and black cherries. The taste is pleasantly dry, and its strong almondy aftertaste brings out its fullness and velvety stuffing with slight tannins, making for a highly agreeable, fine balance.

Packing and Packaging

Empty Bottle Weight:0.9kg

Case Weight:9.6kg

Vineyard

% of Grape / Cépage:100% dolcetto

Soil:this mid-hillside (270-300 m asl) estate vineyard faces east on soil of Miocene-helvetian origin, which is rich in calcareous marl and potassium oxide and has good permeability.

Growing Climate / Vintage Conditions:temperate

Date of Harvest:september/october

Type of Harvest:handmade

Vinification (Wine-making)

Method:the fermentation is carried out in stainless steel vats with frequent pumping over of the must to optimize the extraction of colour and tannins at a controlled temperature (25-26°C).

Length:at the end of the malolactic fermentation (end of November), the wine stays in barriques for four months followed by a short period in stainless steel tanks bifore the the bottling. The wine is released after short bottle ageing.

Malolactic:yes