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Comment on Piemonte: Dolcetto, Simple Wine or Hidden Gem? by Riccardo Margheri

Riccardo Margheri — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:38:00 +0000

It is true that many Dolcettos are smooth, but especially in the Dogliani area some of them are quite tannic, and age well for several years. Maybe this is one of the occasion that such a confusing variety of DOCs is a little bit justified. Regards. Riccardo

Comment on Piemonte: Dolcetto, Simple Wine or Hidden Gem? by Diana Zahuranec

Diana Zahuranec — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:32:30 +0000

Grazie, Tomaso! I appreciate the link to the article, too; very interesting, and great news for the dolcetto. And it seems that there is quite the myth about the significance of dolcetto’s name, so that is very helpful to know about the dialect origins.

Comment on Piemonte: Dolcetto, Simple Wine or Hidden Gem? by Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:21:00 +0000

It’s OK Tomaso!

We’re all a team here! :-)

Comment on Piemonte: Dolcetto, Simple Wine or Hidden Gem? by Tomaso Armento

Tomaso Armento — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:15:00 +0000

Apologize Diana, I called you Robbin!

Comment on Piemonte: Dolcetto, Simple Wine or Hidden Gem? by Tomaso Armento

Tomaso Armento — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:13:00 +0000

Hi Robbin! I wish I gave you some interesting tips on Dolcetto, but unfortunately I did not!.

Now I try to do my best to recover: the first Dolcetto that got the DOC was Ovada, in 1972, and actually it is one with the potential to age (it’s not only me sayng this, take a look http://bit.ly/viZ4Ma ).

Unfortunately the map you used does not make any reference to Ovada, hence it will be difficult to localize it., anyway for those who wish to see it it’s just the first village on the right north of Liguria.

Ah, the name Dolcetto derives from the piedmont dialect “Duzzet”, the name by which the hills where Dolcetto was actually grown.

Cheers!

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