It matches a whole meal, but in particular fresh and filled pasta courses, with meat gravy sauces, perfect with sage butter Ravioli al plin.
Derives its sweetness and name from ripe grapes, or, according to other theories, from Piedmonte's term "dosset", a not-so-high hill. We have sure news about Dolcetto only from the XVIII century. Il vino Dolcetto d’Alba gained the DOC in 1974.