




Bruno Giacosa Dolcetto d'Alba Falletto
Dolcetto d’Alba DOC, Piemonte
Tasting Notes
Lively ruby red with purple highlights. The nose is intense and complex and typical to the variety with expressive notes of ripe fruit. The palate is full, structured and it has a good balanced complexity.
Winemaking Notes
Fermentation and maceration: 8 days in stainless steel vats
Malolactic fermentation: Completely developed
Refinement: 6 months in stainless steel vats; 1 month in bottle
Bottling: March 2023
Vineyard Notes
Sub-area: Falletto di Serralunga; Lirano di Sinio
Exposure: Southwest/ West
Yield: 55 hL/ha
Technical Info
Alcohol: 14.5%
Total acidity: 5.50 g/L
pH: 3.49
Total extract: 29.30 g/L
Tasting Notes
Intense on the nose with expressive red-fruit aromas. Full, ripe fruit on the palate, with a complex and balanced finish.
Winemaking Notes
Fermentation and maceration: 10 days in stainless steel vats
Malolactic fermentation: Completely developed
Refinement: 6 months in stainless steel vats; 1 month in bottle
Bottling: March 2022
Vineyard Notes
The Falletto subarea of Serralunga d’Alba and Lirano di Sinio
Exposure: Southwest/West
Yield: 55 hL/Ha
Technical Info
Alcohol: 15.5%
Total acidity: 5.10 g/L
pH: 3.49
Total extract: 28.5 g/L
Tasting Notes
Intense on the nose with expressive red-fruit aromas. Full, ripe fruit on the palate, with a complex and balanced finish.
Technical Info
- Grape variety: Dolcetto
- Subarea: The Falletto subarea of Serralunga d’Alba and Lirano di Sinio
- Exposure: Southwest/West
- Yield: 55 hL/Ha
- Fermentation and maceration: 10 days in stainless steel vats
- Malolactic fermentation: completely developed
- Refinement: 6 months in stainless steel vats; 1 month in bottle
- Bottling: March 2021
- Alcohol: 13.5% vol.
- Total acidity: 5.10 g/L
- pH: 3.49
- Total extract: 28.5 g/L
- Optimal period for consumption: 2021-2025
Tasting Notes
Black cherry and blackberry fruit aromas lifted by floral and spice notes. Rich, ripe fruit on the palate, with a complex and balanced finish.
Technical Info
- Grape variety: Dolcetto
- Subarea: The Falletto subarea of Serralunga d’Alba and Lirano di Sinio
- Exposure: Southwest/West
- Yield: 55 hL/Ha
- Fermentation and maceration: 9 days in stainless steel vats
- Malolactic fermentation: completely developed
- Refinement: 6 months in stainless steel vats; 1 month in bottle
- Bottling: May 2020
- Alcohol: 13.5% vol.
- Total acidity: 5.00 g/L
- pH: 3.49
- Total extract: 28.5 g/L
- Optimal period for consumption: 2020-2023
Tasting Notes
Black cherry and blackberry fruit aromas lifted by floral and spice notes. Rich, ripe fruit on the palate, with a complex and balanced finish.
Technical Info
- Grape variety: Dolcetto
- Subarea: The Falletto subarea of Serralunga d’Alba and Lirano di Sinio
- Exposure: Southwest/West
- Yield: 55 hL/Ha
- Fermentation and maceration: 9 days in stainless steel vats
- Malolactic fermentation: completely developed
- Refinement: 6 months in stainless steel vats; 1 month in bottle
- Bottling: May 2019
- Alcohol: 13.57% vol.
- Total acidity: 5.45 g/L
- pH: 3.49
- Total extract: 27.6 g/L
- Optimal period for consumption: 2019-2022