Dolcetto d'Alba "Dei Grassi" 2022 - Elio Grasso
The vinification of Dolcetto d'Alba dei Grassi involves alcoholic fermentation in stainless steel tanks at controlled temperature, with daily pumping over. Once malolactic fermentation has taken place, the wine stays in steel and is bottled in the months of April-May.
Production area: Monforte d’Alba
Grapes: Dolcetto
First year of production: 1980
Number of bottles produced annually: 20,000
Vineyard area: 3.2 hectares
Exposure and altitude: south-east, 280 meters high
Type of soil: medium limestone-clay mixture
Training system and plant density: Guyot, 4500 vines per hectare
Average age of the vines in production: 30 years
Period and vintage of the harvest: second and third decade of September with manual harvesting
The vinification of Dolcetto d'Alba dei Grassi involves alcoholic fermentation in stainless steel tanks at controlled temperature, with daily pumping over. Once malolactic fermentation has taken place, the wine stays in steel and is bottled in the months of April-May.