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2020 Dolcetto d'Alba, Boschi di Berri, Marcarini, Piedmont, Italy

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Dolcetto
Ready, but will keep
Product: 20201101056
2020 Dolcetto d'Alba, Boschi di Berri, Marcarini, Piedmont, Italy

Description

This is from a high, south-west facing vineyard in Berri. The fruit comes from the only ungranted, pre-phylloxera Dolcetto vines in the region, based on a clone from the 1800s; there are just 4,000 plants. The warm 2020 vintage has accentuated its creamy red fruit notes and given it a decent texture, meaning that no wood-ageing was necessary this year. Unusually for Dolcetto, this can age well. Drink 2022-2032+.

Mark Pardoe MW, Wine Director, Berry Bros. & Rudd (Mar 2022)

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2020
Maturity Ready, but will keep
Grape List Dolcetto
Body Full Bodied
Producer Marcarini

About this wine

Dolcetto

A native black grape variety of Northern Italy grown almost exclusively in the provinces of Cuneo and Alessandria in Piedmont. It is relatively easy to cultivate, although it is susceptible to fungal diseases. It ripens before Barbera and Nebbiolo and is often grown in high north-facing sites which would be unsuitable for Nebbiolo.
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Marcarini

Few views in Barolo can compete with the one from Marcarini’s terrace in La Morra. Encompassing most of the region’s communes and vineyards, one only has to look south-east to see Barolo’s modest size, cradled in the Italian Alps. It is fitting that Marcarini occupies this prime location; the winery is built underneath La Morra’s medieval watchtower, a signpost to the Marchetti family cantina that’s visible across the region.
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