Poderi Colla Pian Balbo Dolcetto d'Alba Piedmont, Italy 2022

Producer: Poderi Colla 

Grape: Dolcetto

Where: Alba, Piemonte

Country: Italy

Taste: Purple red with violet edges. Fine nose, aromas of cherry, plum, almond notes and spices. In the mouth, ripe fruit flavours, fine tannins, and great vinosity.

Vibes with: A traditional Piedmontese wine perfect with Italian style pasta.

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About the wine:

Just as its name suggests, the vineyard is located on a summit: the name Dolcetto, in fact, comes from ‘Dosso’ because this grape grows in dry and windy places, that is, on the tops of hills… the dosso! Dossetto, meaning the ‘dosso’ grape, then became Dolcetto.

Manual harvest, destemming, crushing, maceration with skins for 5/7 days at a temperature of 22°/24°, full malolactic fermentation before winter. Maturation in stainless steel, bottling in spring/summer.

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About the producer:

The Colla family has been a winemaking family in the Langhe since the beginning of the 18th century but despite their long history, Poderi Colla is one of the newest estates in the region. It was started in 1994 by Tino Colla and his niece, Frederica (the daughter of the legendary winemaker Beppe Colla of Prunotto fame).

Beppe Colla bought Prunotto in 1956 and made his first single vineyard wines in 1961. He was one of the first winemakers to focus on bottling single vineyard wines across his entire range. Beppe's calling card became his Barolo Bussia and it remained his favorite vineyard until he sold Prunotto in 1990.

What is now Poderi Colla is the product of thirty years of experience from owning Prunotto and vinifying nearly all the great vineyards of Barolo and Barbaresco. Beppe, Frederica, and Tino used their intimate understanding of vineyards throughout the region to buy three specific estates. Those three estates now comprise Poderi Colla.