Dolcetto d'Alba 2022 - Ferdinando Principiano

Dolcetto d'Alba Sant'Anna - Ferdinando Principiano

Made from Dolcetto grapes from vines with an average age of forty years, exposed to the southwest, located in Sant'Anna and San Martino di Monforte d'Alba. The fermentation is spontaneous, using only indigenous yeasts and maceration lasts two to three weeks. Refining ten months in stainless steel vats and then in bottle. Dolcetto of a beautiful ruby ​​red color with purple hues. Hints on the nose of fresh fruit as squeezed blueberry, cherry, red berries and a finale of spice. On the palate tannin present and good body, balanced and persistent.

Service

Serve Dolcetto d'alba Sant'Anna at a temperature of 16/18 ° in tulip glasses. Great wine for every day. It is advisable to keep it in a cool cellar, damp and dark horizontal.

Pairing

It combines perfectly with pasta dishes of the Italian tradition as pasta with tomato sauce or meat sauce, fomaggi semi-mature, to try a pasta and beans.

The winery: Ferdinand Principiano

The cellar of Ferdinand Principiano is located in Monteforte d'Alba in the heart of the Langhe. Initiated by his grandfather and later run by his father, who cultivated vineyards to sell the grapes, in 1993 Ferdinand takes over the reins of the company. Freshly graduated from college in winemaking began making wine in their grapes and sell the wines he has produced. But it is in 2003 that the real breakthrough occurs, you understand that you have a strong and unbreakable bond with its land, its vines and its wines, and relies entirely on tradition and authenticity of the wines he has produced. Banning any form of chemical from the vineyard and the cellar, presses the grapes with their feet, uses only indigenous yeasts for fermentation to obtain a wine that is an authentic expression of the territory. Numerous its Barolo Cru in different versions: Ravera, Boscaretto and Pian Romualda and beautiful interpretations of the other varieties of the Langhe Dolcetto, Freisa and Barbera for red and Timorasso and the Whites, do not miss an original interpretation of Barbera sparkling wines .