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Del Dotto winery was voted as one of the most beautiful wineries in Napa Valley. It currently has two locations in Napa and St. Helena and has a plan to open another location in Napa Valley. The most visited location is St. Helena Venetian estate. The palatial Venetian architecture with the vineyard backdrop is nothing short of a fairytale.
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Del Dotto is known for choosing wine barrels meticulously. The full cabernet with different oak barrels from France and U.S. are the must-check-out wines. Many of its famous wines are from medium roasted oak barrels.
Del Dotto wine cave[Courtesy of Kwak, Min Jung ]
[Courtesy of Kwak, Min Jung / Aju Business Daily]
The tour here is worth the money as the winery's tour guides are very knowledgeable and you get to taste wines from barrels in its gorgeous cave. Also, after the tour, they serve house-made prosciutto and olive oil with bread sticks and bread.
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Unfortunately, the vineyard does not have big ground for its visitors to walk around after tastings, but still, it is a gorgeous winery to visit.
[Courtesy of Kwak, Min Jung / Aju Business Daily]
[Courtesy of Kwak, Min Jung / Aju Business Daily]
The wines to check out from here are 2015 Piazza Del Dotto Sangiovese, 2015 Piazza Del Dotto Oakville Estate Orion French Oak North Cabernet Sauvignon, and 2015 Oakville American Oak U-Stave North Cabernet Sauvignon.
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