A fruity and juicy red wine, made from Dolcetto grapes handled and vinified by Manzone Giovanni, in Langhe land.
The grapes come from two vineyards, located in the Castelletto mga and Gramolere mga, in Monforte d’Alba.
This old vines produce a complex and powerful Dolcetto.
The exposure is west; the soil is calcareous and sandy, with layers of red clay.
The steep slope of the hill only allows manual processing.
The manual harvest is made in early/mid september to ensure the perfect ripening of the grapes.
Temperature controlled fermentation with the skins lasts about 15 days with soft pumping over to guarantee a delicate polyphenolic extraction.
After the required aging in steel tanks, the wine is bottled during waning moon.
Few thousand bottles of Dolcetto Le Ciliegie are produced and sold about a year and a half after the harvest.