
Dolcetto
Learn about Dolcetto — taste profile, popular regions and more …
An easy drinking red with soft fruity flavors—but catchy tannins, Dolcetto is often enjoyed in its native Piedmont while more serious Barolos and Barbarescos take their time to age. Here, this is the wine you are most likely to find on the table on a casual weekday night, or for apertivo (the canonical Piedmontese pre-dinner appetizer hour). In recent years Dolcetto has found some footing in California, but plantings are fairly limited outside of Italy.
Tasting Notes for Dolcetto
Dolcetto is a dry red wine with a moderate acidity and fairly high tannins. The name translates to “little sweet one,” and though the wines produced are typically not sweet in terms of residual sugar, they are full of juicy red cherry and blueberry, with occasional hints of chocolate and baking spice.
Perfect Food Pairings for Dolcetto
Dolcetto is a lively, exuberant variety and works well paired with tomato-based or pesto pasta dishes, pizza, roasted or cured meat and spanakopita.
Sommelier Secrets for Dolcetto
In most of Piedmont, easy-ripening Dolcetto is relegated to the secondary sites—the best of which are reserved for the king variety: Nebbiolo. However, in the Dogliani zone it is the star of the show, and here it makes a bigger, riper and a more serious style of Dolcetto, many of which can improve with cellar time.
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Bruno Giacosa Falletto Dolcetto d'Alba 2006Dolcetto from Alba, Piedmont, Italy
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Brovia Dolcetto d'Alba Vigna Villej 2006Dolcetto from Alba, Piedmont, Italy
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Marchesi di Barolo Dolcetto d'Alba 2006Dolcetto from Alba, Piedmont, Italy
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Prunotto Dolcetto d'Alba 2006Dolcetto from Alba, Piedmont, Italy
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Ettore Germano Langhe Balau Rosso 2006Dolcetto from Piedmont, Italy
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Silvio Grasso Dolcetto d'Alba 2006Dolcetto from Alba, Piedmont, Italy
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Palmina Dolcetto 2006Dolcetto from Santa Barbara, Central Coast, California
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Borgogno Dolcetto d'Alba 2006Dolcetto from Alba, Piedmont, Italy
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ACORN Winery Alegria Vineyards Dolcetto 2006Dolcetto from Russian River, Sonoma County, California
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Renato Ratti Dolcetto d'Alba Colombe 2006Dolcetto from Alba, Piedmont, Italy
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Herdade da Calada Dolcetto di Dogliani 2006Dolcetto from Dogliani, Piedmont, Italy
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Pavi Wines Dolcetto 2006Dolcetto from Napa Valley, California
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Prinsi Dolcetto d'Alba San Cristoforo 2006Dolcetto from Alba, Piedmont, Italy
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Rocche dei Manzoni Dolcetto d'Alba La Matinera 2006Dolcetto from Alba, Piedmont, Italy
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Hernder Estate Wines Dolcetto di Diano d'Alba Costa Fiore 2006Dolcetto from Alba, Piedmont, Italy
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Giovanni Rosso Dolcetto d'Alba Le 4 Vigne 2006Dolcetto from Alba, Piedmont, Italy
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Ettore Germano Pra di Po Dolcetto d'Alba 2006Dolcetto from Alba, Piedmont, Italy
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Duca Di Salaparuta Dolcetto di Dogliani 2006Dolcetto from Dogliani, Piedmont, Italy
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Francesco Rinaldi Roussot Dolcetto 2006Dolcetto from Alba, Piedmont, Italy
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Mosby Dolcetto 2006Dolcetto from Santa Barbara, Central Coast, California
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Azienda Agricola La Querciola s.s. Cornole 2006Dolcetto from Dogliani, Piedmont, Italy
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Azienda Agricola Tenuta Rocca Dolcetto d'Alba Sorri Rocca 2006Dolcetto from Alba, Piedmont, Italy
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Azienda Agricola La Querciola s.s. Carpeneta 2006Dolcetto from Dogliani, Piedmont, Italy
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Hernder Estate Wines Dolcetto di Diano d'Alba Montagrillo 2006Dolcetto from Alba, Piedmont, Italy
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Hernder Estate Wines Dolcetto di Diano d'Alba Pradurent Superiore 2006Dolcetto from Alba, Piedmont, Italy