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Dolcetto d'Acqui (DOC)

he territory, occupied by a total of 23 communes, consists of a small stretch of hills of the province of Alessandria in the southernmost part of Piedmont, virtually on the border with the region of Liguria. Dolcetto d'Acqui is produced in the Upper Monferrato, a winemaking district that is centered, for the most part, on Acqui Terme and Ovada. The wine is obtained from the grape of the same name that is believed to be native to the zone. However, the variety's history is extremely complex. The first certain reference to the Dolcetto variety appears in the Istruzione, written at the end of the 18th century by Count Nuvolone, deputy director of the Turin Agrarian Society. The volume, in fact, contains some information about a grape and a wine known as "Dosset'' and about the zone in which it was produced. Those unfamiliar with the wine are often misled by the name and assume that Dolcetto is a sweet beverage. The fact is that the wine with the misleading name is quite dry and has a slightly bitterish flavor. However the grape that yields the wine is quite sweet, so much so that in the past it was much appreciated as a fine table grape. But that sweetness is not passed along to the wine. As a wine, Dolcetto is much appreciated by small producers, even if some of the big and well-known wine houses do not hesitate to produce it, since it seems to be catching on with a steadily growing number of consumers. Consorzio Tutela Vini d'Acqui Strada Valtiglione 14057 Isola d'Asti (AT) ITALY phone: (+39) 0141/960912 fax: (+39) 0141/960950 email: consorzio@brachettodacqui.com web: www.astidocg.it

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