Dolcetto is a black wine grape variety widely grown in the Piedmont region of northwest Italy.
Dolcetto
[Ormeasco]
Popular in Italy, where its produces dark red wines that are filled with black fruit aromas and flavour, sometimes with a shadow of anise. Can be touch austere, sometimes light and fruity.
DOLCETTO
A red-wine grape widely grown in the Piedmont region of Italy. Primarily used for making fast maturing, fruity and robust dark reds with a faintly bitter flavor.
DOLCETTO (Red) [dole-CHET-to]
Almost exclusive to northwest Piedmont , this produces soft, round, fruity wines fragrant with licorice and almonds that should be drunk within about three years.
Dolcetto (dohl-chet'-oh)
One of the principal grapes of Northwestern Italy. The best known wines made from this variety bear its name.
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Dolcetto
Red grape variety grown in Piedmont, northern Italy. It produces a fragrant and fruity style wine.
Grenache
Red grape variety grown in Piedmont, northern Italy. It produces a fragrant and fruity style wine.
DOLCETTO: Well-known grape widely grown in Piedmont region of Italy. Usually made into fast maturing, fruity and robust dark red wine with faintly bitter flavor.
Dolcetto, (little sweet one) red wine grape grown mainly in the southwest of Italy's Piedmont region. Dolcetto wines have high acid levels and are deep purple in colour.
DOLCETTO
Pleasing red grape variety of the Piedmonte region of northern Italy, that produces a light, fruity wine.
Dolcetto (red)
Not sweet despite the sweet-sounding nomenclature, this is an everyday north-west Italian variety whose low acidity and tannins make it perfect for lapping up risotto and pasta in the Beaujolais mould.
Dolcetto - (Dohl-CHET-toe)
Tasty red-wine grape of the Piemonte in Northwestern Italy, making a delightful wine that's usually light and fruity, but not sweet as the name (literally "little sweet one") might suggest.
Dolcetto - A grape that grows alongside Barbera and Nebbiolo in Piedmont, its name means "little sweet one"", referring not to the taste of the wine, but the ease in which it grows and makes great wines, suitable for everyday drinking.
Dolcetto has been cultivated in Piedmont since the eleventh century, though it is said that it may have originated in France. It is otherwise to be found in small plantings in Argentina and Australia.
WHEN TO DRINK: Dolcetto is the wine that the Piemontese drink while waiting for the long-lived Barolo and Barbaresco to come around.
The wines people think of when Piedmont is discussed are Barolo, Barbaresco, and Dolcetto. They deserve their kudos, no question about their worthiness. Personally I always bow in respect to Barolo when I want to tango with a wine.
Dolcetto and Barbera certainly represent two grapes of primary importance in this area.
Try Gamay from France, which produces Beaujolais, Pinot Noir from the Burgundy region of France, California, or Oregon, Tempranillo from Spain, Dolcetto, or Sangiovese from Italy.
(Beaujolais, Dolcetto, most Pinot Noir, less expensive Merlot. Other red wines should be fully mature or aged.)
Curiously, in France, people tend to report more problems after drinking white wines. In the U.S.
There are also some cocoa and black cherry flavors - typical of the grapes (this wine is half Barbera, half Dolcetto).
The third most important grape is Dolcetto - the occasional Dolcetto d'Alba can be wonderful, although most are light, quaffing wines.
My top wines: Aldo Conterno and Enzo Boglietti both produce lovely Barbera and Dolcetto.
Piedmont: An area in northwest Italy known for Barolo, Barbaresco, Barbera, Dolcetto and Moscato.
Pigeage: Punching down the grape skins to drown aerobic bacteria and encourage cuvaison. (see also Cuvaison) ...
This region is also responsible for tasty and more affordable reds from the Barbera and Dolcetto grapes.
A red-wine grape found in small vineyards in California. Could be a clone of the Douce Noir grape found in the Savoie region of France, better known as the Dolcetto grape widely grown in northern Italy.
Chenin Blanc (muted; orange, pine, bread) ...
 See also: Wine, Red, Grape, Region, White
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