Gentile

( Dessert wine )

(This name has a double origin: the family

name and the gentle sweetness of the wine.)

GRAPE: Dolcetto.

RIPENING PERIOD: Mid September.

RATE OF GROWTH: Slightly below average,

not requiring too long pruning.

ALCOHOL CONTENT: 7,5°

MATURITY: To be drunk young.

VINIFICATION: After a soft pressure, it is

refrigerated at 0° in stainless steel tanks

to stop the fermentation; then it

re-starts the fermentation in

pressurised vats.

CHARACTERISTICS: Dark rosé, slightly

sparkling and aromatic sweet wine,

particularly suited for desserts,

pies, sherbets.

TEMPERATURE: 8 – 10° C.

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Dolcetto aromatizzato

( Spicey digestive wine )

PRODUCTION AREA: Vigna Riondona

Tagliolo M.to (AL)

GRAPE: Dolcetto.

CATEGORY: Aromatized wine.

VINIFICATION: As for the Dolcetto, after a

soft pressure of the grapes, the juice ferments

in large wooden vats at controlled temperature

for approx. 8 days. The procedure of aromatising

the wine consists in ageing the wine in

French wooden barrels for 60 days, together

with up to 10 different herbs (gentian, rhubarb,

carnation, cinnamon, …) especially selected to

better match with the characteristics of

Dolcetto. The wine is then clarified, refrigerated,

and finally bottled.

CHARACTERISTICS: Red ruby colour, intense

fragrance, slightly spicy due to the herbs; in

mouth the wine is full-bodied, sweet with a

slightly bitter aftertaste. This is a wine for after

dinner, but is also suitable for chocolate cakes

such as “bonet” (typical piedmontese cake

made with “amaretti”).

Grappa di Dolcetto

ORIGIN: Tagliolo M.to (AL) – Southern

Piedmont.

GRAPE: Dolcetto.

ALCOHOL CONTENT: 45°

PROCEDURE: After the maceration in vats,

the skins of the grapes are brought to a distillery

nearby, where they will be distillated. To

obtain better results during the distillation,

these skins need to be wet, in order to produce

a richer grappa once processed.

CHARACTERISTICS: Dry grappa obtained

from a single grape (monovitigno); it mantains

the typicity of Dolcetto, with a slightly almond

fragrance. Full-bodied in mouth, with a very

deep and strong aftertaste, resulting from the

richness (in alcohol) of the distillated grapes.

This Grappa is well balanced between

the alcohol and the thickness of its body.

AVAILABILITY: Very limited.