Dolcetto di Diano d'Alba

🇮🇹 Italy

AOC

DOCG 2010 - 75 approved crus/sorì, first Italian single-vineyard official recognition, low yields 56hl/ha

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Region profile

History

DOC status 1974 for Dolcetto di Diano d'Alba. Through efforts of Diano d'Alba municipality + setting low yield limits (56hl/ha), official recognition as single vineyard sites (sorì) achieved - first in Italy. DOCG promotion January 2010. 75 sunny south-facing slopes given special status. Claudio Alario winery founded 1988, pioneering sorì single-vineyard expressions (Montagrillo, Costa Fiore, Pradurent Superiore). Diano town north of Serralunga historical Dolcetto heartland.

Climate
Continental Langhe; Cuneo province; Diano d'Alba mountain town north of Serralunga; 75 sunny south-facing slopes between Belbo + Tanaro rivers; optimal sun exposure terroir
Signature wines
Claudio Alario Sorì Pradurent Superiore (400m elevation, 10 months barriques), Sorì Montagrillo (Montagrillo zone clay marl), Sorì Costa Fiore (20-50 year vines) - pioneer single-vineyard expressions
What sets it apart
75 approved crus/sorì - first Italian official single-vineyard site recognition; low yields 56hl/ha (quality focus); Diano d'Alba municipality leadership; sunny south-facing slopes; sorì Piedmontese dialect (optimal sun exposure); structured age-worthy style; between Barolo/Barbaresco zones

Facts

  • 330 hectares vineyards
  • DOC 1974, DOCG 2010
  • 75 approved crus/sorì (single vineyards)
  • first Italian official recognition of single vineyard sites
  • 50km southeast Turin, 50km northeast Cuneo
  • low yields 56hl/ha
  • between Belbo + Tanaro rivers like Barolo/Barbaresco zones

Region profile from the Wine Memories wine-data corpus · verified January 2026