What is the rarest wine grape?
Caberlot
Caberlot. The rarest grape variety in the world, there are only 2 hectares of this variety grown today, a genetic cross between Merlot and Cabernet Franc.
Why is Le Pin so expensive?
Dany Rolland, wife of cult-oenologist Michel Rolland, is a consultant here. Le Pin produces just 600 to 700 cases each year (Lafite Rothschild produces approximately 29,000 cases of wine a year and and Pétrus about 4,000) and its rarity is one of the driving forces behind its high prices.
What kind of wine is made from Dolcetto grapes?
Dolcetto is often pushed down the ladder of importance for the main red grapes of Piedmont, but it is a characterful and engaging variety, with bright dark fruits matched with pleasing tannins. Dolcetto has many synonyms, with ormeasco – the Ligurian name for the grape – the one most likely to encounter on a wine label.
How long should you drink a Dolcetto wine?
As the wines are not generally designed for long term cellaring, they should be consumed within three or four years of vintage. The wines are characterized particularly by their low acidity, which is the source of the variety’s name, meaning “little sweet one”.
How big is the Dolcetto region in Italy?
Colli Tortonesi is one of the better known examples of the latter, along with the broader Langhe, Monferrato and Piemonte DOCs. In total Piedmont accounts for about 98 percent of the Italian total of around 6,000 hectares (15,000 acres) of Dolcetto.
What kind of wine is Dolcetto di Ovada Superiore?
Ovada aka Dolcetto di Ovada Superiore – “normale” Dolcetto di Ovada is a separate DOC designation. Dolcetto wines have their own DOC status within several major subregions of Piedmont: Alba, Acqui and Asti. A number of other Piemontese DOCs permit the wine either in Rosso blends or both in blends and as varietal wines.