Dolcetto La Volpe, Forti del Vento (75cl)

Dolcetto is the wine of the area and the widely cultivated grape, the winery is located in the heart of the Dolcetto di Ovada DOCG appellation, and this wine is made with organic, biodynamically grown dolcetto grapes following the natural philosophy. Still, this is not your typical dolcetto, there is a lot more.

The Dolcetto La volpe does not contain added sulphites and the fermentation is made using yeasts naturally present on the grapes and it is bottled unfiltered after the wine spend about a year in a steel tank and another year in the bottle to refine, resulting in a Dolcetto full and immediate, fresh, with plenty of fruit, on the nose and on the palate, elegant, refreshing.

The Dolcetto La Volpe is a very versatile wine that pairs beautifully an array of food, from pizza to pasta, from red meat to fresh cheeses and charcuterie.

Forti del vento is Marco, Manuela and Tomaso that have taken over from their grandparents the love for work and the discipline of the land and an innovative spirit. The name Forti del Vento stands for strength and lightness; matter and spirit. Forti del Vento wines are about ancient and natural methods, preserving the woods and hedges and consider insects their allies for maintaining the richness deriving from biodiversity.

Forti del Vento is biodynamic agriculture. The Forti del Vento winery and vineyards, 7 hectares growing native local grapes, is located in the Alto Monferrato, Piedmont. The vineyards are located in the heart of the Dolcetto area, about about 300m above sea level. Their goal is to make wines that talks about their work, the respect for the territory, the grapes that come from. They like found themselves in a glass of wine instead of getting lost in a glass of water.

Together with Dolcetto they grow barbera, chardonnay, albarossa and cortese.