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WINE NEWS /
Two new DOCs from Piemonte
Dolcetto di Dogliani DOCG
and Strevi DOC.
As the interest in the Dolcetto grape has grown,
so have the number of DOCs. Although Dolcetto d'Alba and Dolcetto
d'Asti have enjoyed wider popularity in recent years, Dolcetto di
Dogliani is gaining accolades and attention from critics and winemakers
(like Abbona
among others). The Dogliani township lies to the south of Alba and
Asti and is emerging as a new star for the production of quality wines.
Dolcetto di Dogliani DOCG or Dolcetto di Dogliani Superiore DOCG is
Piemonte's 8th DOCG and Italy's 32nd.
Strevi DOC is a passito or dried-grape wine made
from 100% Moscato grapes grown in the township of Strevi. This sweet
wine is golden in color with amber notes, big on the nose, with notes
of ripe fruit in the mouth. The new DOC reflects a heightened interest
in passito and is part of an expanding movement of winemakers who
have lobbied for higher
standards in the production of dried-grape wines. Earlier this
year, the Association of Italian Wine Cities published the first
atlas of the dried-grape wines of Italy.
Related Wines and Links: Abbona,
Altare, Famiglia
Anselma, Bovio, Cascina
Ebreo, Ceretto, Clerico,
Aldo Conterno, Giacomo
Conterno, Conterno
Fantino, Paolo
Conterno, Alessandro
& Gian Natale Fantino, Gaja,
Giacosa, La
Spinetta, Marchesi
di Barolo, Bartolo
Mascarello, Massolino,
Parusso, Pio
Cesare, Prunotto,
Giuseppe Rinaldi,
Rocche dei
Manzoni di Valentino, Sandrone,
Scavino, Vietti,
Voerzio.
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