Dolcetto dei Terrazzamenti

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Vine variety: Dolcetto 100%.
Yield: 65 quintal/hectare.
Alcoholic content: minimum natural degrees of grapes 12,5.
Denomination: Dolcetto d’Alba DOC, Langhe Dolcetto DOC.
Subdenomination: i Terrazzamenti.

Origin of grapes: the grapes used to produce this wine derived exclusively from small vineyards or from few rows on dry-stone walls (the terracings) with southern exposure.

Quality of grapes: great care to the grapes in vineyard in order to increase constantly the quality; it starts from a balanced pruning and from a fertilizing, poor in nitrogen, which force the vine to produce few bunches and few leaves. During the summer the correct stripping, the green pruning and the position of grapes are essential to be aired correctly without being burnt by the sun, but at the same time they can benefit of the best conditions for a good maturation preserving the health and intactness. In August there is another balanced bunches pruning and during the harvest, after the maturation, they make a further selection of the best grapes.

The harvest: the quality controls in vineyard start in September and the harvest starts when the predetermined objectives are reached. The harvest is manual using small boxes and usually takes place in the second ten days of September.

Vinification and ageing: the grapes arrive in the cellar, then destemming and soft crushing take place. The juice obtained is placed in the fermentation tank, where the selected yeasts are added in order to start the alcoholic fermentation, which lasts 10-12 days at a controlled temperature of 22°-26° C.

In this period, the producers make the daily pumpings over and the punchings down the cap, which contribute to improve the quality of product, because they facilitate the passage and dissolution of polyphenols and anthocyans of grapes in the must. At the end of the alcoholic fermentation, after the draining off, the wine is stored in appropriate conditions necessary for the malolactic fermentation. At the end of malolactic fermentation, usually by November, the wine is subjected to cold temperatures of Winter, which contribute at the natural clarification, and the wine will be ready for bottling in Spring.

Ready for the consumption: from the 1st March after the harvest

Characteristics of wine: the colour is an intense ruby red with tints of violet. The bouquet is wide, complex, fine, with aromas of blackberry and cherry. In the mouth the fruit, which is full and mellow in the nose, has a fine structure with almonds and pepper in aftertaste.

This Campaign is Financed According to the axis IV
PSR 2007-2013 GAL Langhe Roero Leader

Cantine Terrenostre: we are one of the producers of the dolcetto of the terracings