Dolcetto Dogliani Superiore Vigna Tecc, Poderi Luigi Einaudi

DOGLIANI SUPERIORE VIGNA TECC

D.O.C.G.

Since 2005, Dolcetto wine has obtained the D.O.C.G. certification, result of a long way of growing of the area and the producers. Dolcetto grape can express more complexity, richness and can age well. The disciplinary establishes one year of aging minimum. A high quality wine which ages well, deep ruby red with shades of violet with a fresh, rich, fruity bouquet, full bodied with intense fragrances of woodland, pleasantly tannic and a slightly almond final note. It has the same basic characteristics of the Dogliani D.O.C.G., notable for separate fermentation of grapes which come from a balanced blending of the Dolcetto grapes of the oldest vineyards in the Einaudi estates, located on the “sorì” (South facing) of Madonna delle Grazie and San Giacomo in Dogliani. A long and cautious maturation is required to give this traditional wine of the Langa its full potential. Of a dry and moderately acidic taste, after a year of ageing in steel and wood, two months of refinement in glass, it has a good body and full taste with a long final almond note, typical of this wine. The annual production is of 20,000 bottles

Species of vine

Typology

Dolcetto

Rootstock

420 A

Bushiness

4,900 vines/ha

Plant breeding

Guyot

The Vineyards

Zona

Comune di Dogliani (Cuneo)

Cru

Madonna delle Grazie – Località Tecc – Borgata Gombe 385 m

Soil

marly-calcareous

Aspect

South/South-West

Area of the vineyard

4.00 ha

Year of planting

1937-1984

Average yield per hectare

60 q

The wine making

Fermented in steel tanks with a controlled temperature (30°C), racked after 8/10 days, decanted, gotten malolactic treatment and completed maintaining the controlled temperature. It matures for twelve months in barriques and big barrels and two months of refinement in glass