Gianfranco Alessandria Dolcetto d'Alba 2009

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Gianfranco Alessandria Dolcetto d'Alba 2009Price: $17.00 Case Price: $15.30

Color:: Red
Body/Type:: Medium Bodied
Style:: Traditional
Size:: Bottle, 750 ml
Winery:: Gianfranco Alessandria
Grapes:: Dolcetto
Serve At:: 57°-63° F
Region:: Italy > Piedmont > Dolcetto d'Alba

After the passing of his father in 1986, Gianfranco Alessandria took over managing his family's farm and continued the practice of selling their grapes to regional Piedmont producers. At the end of the 1980's, and at the urging of his winemaking cousin Mauro Veglio, Gianfranco began to bottle small portions of his wine under the tutelage of Elio Altare. Their first Barolo in 1993 was awarded three glasses by Gambero Rosso. The new winery attached to their home was finished in 1996, also the first year of full production. It is situated in Monforte d'Alba, a small village in Barolo that over time has attracted the attention of the “Lovers against the Langa,” helping them to discover the history, scenery, food and wines of Monforte.

Piedmont is the most "Frenchified" of all Italian wine regions. The long valleys of the Alpine foothills lead to easier travel to France's southern coast and inland than to the rest of Italy. It is perhaps for this reason that the Piedmontese have long practiced the most refined wine traditions of any Italian region. Terroir-based wisdom trickled down from early French masters (monks, typically) to this area.
Known mostly for their reds (but producing some excellent whites,) from the early ripening Dolcetto grape to the lofty, deep reds of Barolo and Barbaresco crafted from the Nebbiolo grape, these wines are clearly crafted using centuries of terroir-based winemaking.

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