Amandis, Cascina Degli Ulivi, Dolcetto Nibio, 2016, 750 ml

COUNTRY: Italy

REGION: Piedmont

VARIETY: Dolcetto

VINTAGE: 2014

FARMING: Biodynamic

WINEMAKING: Four weeks of maceration on the skins with two remontages a day. After a racking, aged on the lees 25 and 50hl botti for 24 months. Unfined / Unfiltered. Nibiô is local dialect for this unique strain of Dolcetto characterized by its red stems. It used to be the primary grape of the area but was largely wiped out by phylloxera. 

AGE OF VINES: 60 - 70 year 

SOIL: Clay and Limestone

ABV: 12%