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Essentials
Region
Italy > Piedmont
Appellation
DOC Dolcetto di Ovada
Grapes
Dolcetto
Soil
calcareous marl and clay
Facts
Organic certified (Euro leaf), Practicing organic, No added SO2, Native yeast, Hand harvest
ABV
14 %
Residual Sugar
N/A
Sulfite Level
N/A
Total Acidity
N/A
Production (Bottles)
N/A
The vineyard
Ovada
Exposure
south west
Age of the wines
N/A
Altitude
300m
Size
N/A
Slope
medium
The cellar
Natural fermentation with wild yeast. Aged a year in neutral used oak barriques, then aged in bottle before release.
Vessel
neutral oak, Neutral oak
Elevage
Aged a year in neutral used oak barriques, then aged in bottle before release.
The name comes from the vineyard from which this wine was born. It’s Forti Del Vento’s passionate bet on Dolcetto and its nobility. Ottotori is the result of a thorough selection of the grapes for purity and then a more refined vinification than La Volpe. The wine is aged in wooden barrels for a year and then bottled for further aging before being released.
The name comes from the vineyard from which this wine was born. It’s Forti Del Vento’s passionate bet on Dolcetto and its nobility. Ottotori is the result of a thorough selection of the grapes for purity and then a more refined vinification than La Volpe. The wine is aged in wooden barrels for a year and then bottled for further aging before being released.
About Forti del Vento
Forti del Vento is an artisanal winery in Piedmont , in the region of Ovada , producing natural wines with minimal intervention and no additives , mostly from native grapes . Forti del Vento (“strengthened by the wind”) , is a name inspired by the castles of the northern part of the Monferrato region in Piedmont , and the winds that blow on the rolling hills of Castelletto D’Orba . The name is also a reflection of the strong passion that guides Marco Tacchino and Tomaso Armento , lifelong friends who run the winery . They are joined by Marco's life partnet , Manuela , who also runs a family restaurant . All of them come from wine-loving families and They inherited the passion from their grandparents , ...