Dolcetto

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Dolcetto
Synonyms Ormeasco, Uva del Monferrato - for more see the Synonyms section
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Art Grape vine ( Vitis vinifera subsp. Vinifera )
Berry color black
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origin Italy
VIVC no. 3626
List of grape varieties
Dolcetto vine
Leaf of the Dolcetto vine

Dolcetto is a red variety grown in Italy . There are different versions of the meaning of the name. Often there is the variant that Dolcetto translates as "the little sweet one" and is also referred to as douce noir . Various wine guides also explain that Dolcetto is derived from the dialect word dusset, which means back or hill and indicates that the Dolcetto often grows on the same hills as the Nebbiolo , but then on the shadow and not on the sunny side, as the Dolcetto matures faster.

Dolcetto grapes produce an intense ruby ​​red wine with a slight tendency to garnet tones as it ages . Dry and softly balanced, it impresses with a pleasant, slightly bitter almond note. The wines are usually best enjoyed from one year of aging.

Some experts suspect the origin of the grape in France , but its origin in Monferrato around the year 1000 is more likely. The systematic cultivation can be assumed in the Middle Ages. The Dolcetto was first mentioned by Count Nuvolone at the end of the 18th century, where it was still called "Dosset". From the Monferrato the variety quickly spread to the west, so u. a. to Liguria (where the variety is often called Ormeasco ) and the areas around Milan and Piacenza .

The grape variety came to California (→ Viticulture in California , 105 acres = 42 hectares) via Italian emigrants. It is common in Mendocino Counties and Santa Barbara Counties and in the appellations of origin Russian River Valley AVA , Napa Valley AVA , Santa Cruz Mountains AVA and Sta. Rita Hills AVA cultivated. Smaller plantings can be found in the Umpqua Valley AVA and Southern Oregon AVA wine-growing areas (in Oregon) as well as in New Mexico and Pennsylvania .

While experts had identified four types of Dolcetto until 1924, in the following decades it became clear that seven types can be distinguished. Including the Dolcetto di Ovada , since 1972 shown as Denominazione di Origine Controllata. The Dolcetto di Ovada is mainly grown in the region along the Orba River in the southern part of the Alessandria province . In the past, this was considered the extreme eastern limit for growing the Dolcetto grape. Ovada is the center of this hilly area with its 22 municipalities.

The list of the seven DOC or DOCG regions is:

Synonyms

Dolcetto is also known under 96 other names: Acqui, Barbirono, Bathiolin, Batialin, Beina, Bignogna, Bignognina, Bignola, Bignona, Bignonia, Bignonina, Biguegna, Bonarda, Bourdon Noir, Cassolo, Charbonneau, Charbono, Chasselas Noir, Cinsiorlina, Cote Rouge Merille, Crete de Coq, Debeli Rifosk, Debili Rifosk, Delutz Nero, Dolcedo Rotstieliger, Dolceto, Dolcetta Nera, Dolcetto a Raspe Verde, Dolcetto A Raspo Rosso, Dolcetto Crni, Dolcetto di Piemonte, Dolcetto Nero, Dolcino Piemontese, Dolch , Dolcino Nero, Dolciut, Dolsin, Dolsin Raro, Dolzin, Dolzino, Dosset, Gros Noir de Montelimar, Gros Plant, Koelner Rothstieliger, Maennlicher Refosco, Mauvais Noir, Montelimar, Monteuse, Montmelian, Mosciolino, Nebbiolo, Nebbiolebo Dolcone Dolce, Nibieu, Nibio, Noirin D'espagne, Ocanette, Orincasca, Ormeasca, Ormeasco (official name in Italy), Orneasca, Picot Rouge, Plant de Calarin, Plant de Chapareillan, Plant de Moirans, Plant de Montmelian, Plant de Prove nce, Plant de Savoie, Plant de Turin, Plant du Roi, Premasto, Primaticcio, Primativo, Primitivo Nero, Promotico, Provencal, Ravanellino, Refork, Refork Debeli, Refork Male, Refosk Debeli, Rothstieliger Dolcedo, Rotstieliger Dolcedo, Savoyard, Schitterer, Turin, Turino, Uva d'Acqui, Uva d'Acquia, Uva del Monferrato, Uva di Acqui, Uva di Ovada, Uva di Roccagrimalda, Uva Ormeasca .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ California grape acreage report, 2008 crop ( memento of the original from March 8, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 2.1 MB), published April 2009 by the California Department of Food and Agriculture  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nass.usda.gov
  2. ↑ Appellation America Dolcetto Details ( Memento of the original dated August 4, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / wine.appellationamerica.com
  3. ↑ Dolcetto in the database Vitis International Variety Catalog of the Institute for Vine Breeding Geilweilerhof (English), accessed on August 11, 2020

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