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A bright young dolcetto with clean, plummy fruit and a characteristic fruit-tea note. Medium body with fresh acidity...
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750ml
Bottle: $13.94
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• 100% Dolcetto. • From 1.5ha of vines. • Grown in calcareous soils. • Maceration with the skins for 4-5 days...
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375ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $42.88
Charming wine with a very intense amber color; the alcoholic component enhances a wide and complex aroma with...
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Red
750ml
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Colour: Brilliant ruby red with violet reflections. Bouquet: Intense and persistent, reminiscent of cherries, ribes,...
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750ml
Bottle: $17.85
Floral aromas, with crisp notes of sweet spice. On the palate, giving plums and dark berries, with intensity and...
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750ml
Bottle: $26.20
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375ml - Case of 3
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $61.45
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Bottle: $69.78
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $55.01
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375ml - Case of 3
Bottle: $125.80
Made from Trebbiano and Malvasia grapes harvested in October and left to dry until early February, Castello di...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $39.39
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375ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $126.41
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $63.95
Rinaldi's 2017 Dolcetto d'Alba brings together the richness of the vintage with a super-classic feel. Sweet dark...
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $64.03
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $56.40
The 2021 Dolcetto d'Alba is delicate, slender and super-classic. Blue/purplish fruit, cloves, licorice and lavender...
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $51.40
The 2022 Dolcetto d'Alba is soft, juicy and easy to like. Succulent red cherry, plum, rose petal and licorice are all...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $52.28
The 2022 Dolcetto d'Alba is soft, juicy and easy to like. Succulent red cherry, plum, rose petal and licorice are all...
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Bottle: $61.12

Dessert Wine Dolcetto Petit Verdot Italy

In Italian, Dolcetto means 'little sweet one' – a slightly misleading name, as the black grapes of this varietal have relatively little natural sugar and almost almost produce dry wines. However, the Dolcetto grapes are remarkably popular with those looking for a full, rounded and highly flavorful wine, and are grown extensively in their native Italy, and in many other countries around the world. Dolcetto varietal grapes tend to have quite a high level of tannin, due to their thick, black skins, and low acidity, resulting in interesting wines with a large feel in the mouth, despite being relatively light in body. They are most commonly associated with big, complex flavors such as liquorice and prunes, and are regularly described as having a finish similar to the flavor of bitter almonds.

There are few countries in the world with a viticultural history as long or as illustrious as that claimed by Italy. Grapes were first being grown and cultivated on Italian soil several thousand years ago by the Greeks and the Pheonicians, who named Italy 'Oenotria' – the land of wines – so impressed were they with the climate and the suitability of the soil for wine production. Of course, it was the rise of the Roman Empire which had the most lasting influence on wine production in Italy, and their influence can still be felt today, as much of the riches of the empire came about through their enthusiasm for producing wines and exporting it to neighbouring countries. Since those times, a vast amount of Italian land has remained primarily for vine cultivation, and thousands of wineries can be found throughout the entire length and breadth of this beautiful country, drenched in Mediterranean sunshine and benefiting from the excellent fertile soils found there. Italy remains very much a 'land of wines', and one could not imagine this country, its landscape and culture, without it.