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From time immemorial the cultivation of the vine, and in particular red grape variety Dolcetto Ovada The hills are an area very suitable for wine production. The characteristics of the soils, climate and exposure, combined with the professionalism of the producers, allow wine production at the highest level. Dolcetto d’Ovada, a red wine-tasting soft and harmonious. Dolcetto d’Ovada is a wine red color tending to garnet with aging. Winy perfume, the taste is dry, soft and harmonious, pleasant or bitter almond. The minimum alcohol content is 11.5%. Despite having characteristics suitable for aging, in particular the `Superior ‘, Dolcetto d’Ovada lends itself to be tasted young, so you appreciate the most of the characteristics of adaptability to various dishes and pleasant to drink. It is a wine with all meals that are easily combined with roasted red and white meat, sausage, ravioli, noodles, pasta and risotto with meat sauce of mushrooms, polenta, mushroom dishes, fresh cheeses and mildly seasoned.
Name Dolcetto d’Ovada, Ovada Dolcetto
Denomination doc
Category Red
Regulation of production Ministerial Decree 01/09/1972 G.U. 30/11/1972 No 311
Region Piedmont
Province Alessandria
History The village of Ovada, developed around a guard post located in proximity of the river Orba, from the second century AD the epicenter of the production area of one of the most famous Dolcetti Piedmont. The area, rich in forests, was chosen by the Lombards as a place for hunting and during their rule that the wine began to spread. Starting in 1300, historical documents testify logging in the hills around Ovada operated in favor of chestnut trees, the main source of livelihood for the population, and vineyards. The wine product becomes one of the most important goods traded with Genoa and Milan. The Statutes of Carpeneto, dating back to 1458, punish crimes such as cutting of a vine, the theft of the props and even the extirpation of ferns, which were to protect the logs from the summer heat, and the free movement of dogs in the vineyard, that could harm the plants. Since 1700 the “Wine of Ovada” began to circulate outside the borders of Piedmont and it was much higher than the production needs to push local producers during the past centuries, to seek new ways to market it . Given the geographical isolation of Ovada and road transport of wines, in particular to Liguria, was done in those days by mule, the only way to overcome the Apennines, between the hordes of bandits ready to attack the caravans in the dense bush and a thousand other dangers. The production of 60 thousand barrels a year, marketed in Ovada met in the nineteenth century, pushed the opening of more roads easier.
Vines which is allowed to produce it: Dolcetto: 100.0%
Grape’s yield for hectare 80 quintals
Grape’s yield / wine 70%
Alcohol / grape 11%
Alcohol / wine 11,5%
Colour Intense ruby red tending to garnet with aging.
Fragrance Winey, characteristic.
Flavour Dry, soft, harmonious, pleasant or bitter almond.
Aging The wine of Dolcetto Ovada “made from grapes with a minimum total alcohol content of not less than 12 and available for consumption with a minimum total alcohol content of 12.5 may bring the label to qualify the ’superior’ to
Matchings First to fresh pasta, risotto ai funghi porcini sauce or roast, polenta, local cheeses, fresh or seasoned.