Dolcetto

Dolcetto is a black grape strongly associated with southern Piedmont. Dolcetto d’Alba is described by its consortium as dry, fresh and fruity, with a violet-ruby colour and bitter-almond aftertaste. The name should not be read as a promise of sweet wine. Italian Vitis Database lists Ormeasco as an official synonym scoped to western Liguria, while warning against several misleading historical names.

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