DOLCETTO: Dolcetto grapes have a very pleasant taste when served on the table. Today however, they are almost entirely used for vinification, giving wines with a moderate alcohol content and above all low acidity.

DOLCETTO
This is another variety about which nothing is known for certain before the end of the 18th century. Even its origin is not recorded, though there is every reason to suppose that it was probably obtained from seed in the Monferrato. It will only produce well and regularly if grown in the proper places. If not, it gives a poor yield and its grapes are likely to drop off before they are fully ripe. It ripens early and is ready for harvesting in the second half of September. It has a poor resistance to dieseases caused by the fungi.Dolcetto grapes have a very pleasant taste when served on the table. Today however, they are almost entirely used for vinification, giving wines with a moderate alcohol content and above all low acidity. Despite their name (Dolcetto means "sweetish" in Italian) they are dry and have a chracteristic bitter-almond taste. The area devoted to Dolcetto extends over the hills along the right bank of the Tanaro, from Mondovi through Alba and Asti, and as far as Ovada and Novi Ligure.

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