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Dolcevite’s setting couldn’t be much more impressive, as the
Old and New Duomo of Brescia glow beautifully lit facing the lucky wine lovers
that have found their way to this terrace on Piazza Paolo VI. There are just a
couple of tables inside, but the real gem of this wine bar is the abundance of
relaxed tables outside, filled with locals chatting over a plentiful choice of
Franciacorta bubbles offered by the glass at very reasonable prices. Normally,
you would expect this kind of piazza be littered with touristico style,
overpriced cafes and restaurants, but Brescia is a different story. Dolcevite
has this dramatic space almost to itself, the customers are locals apart from
us two, and yet the service is multilingual, friendly and fast. And winesavvy.
I’m truly impressed!
Naturally, the wine list consists of almost only Italian
wines, with a few German exceptions. There are around 50 wines on offer by the
glass, with a broad selection of Franciacortas, which is only appropriate as
Brescia is practically next to Franciacorta DOCG area. By the bottle, Dolcevite
serves around 100 wines, on the top of which they a separate wine shop price
list and selection.
A sign of a true wine bar, the story of the wine served
is important to Dolcevite. On the wine list, organic, biodynamic and natural wines
are clearly marked. And to tackle the ambiguous as the concept of natural wine,
Dolcevite has written a comprehensive definition of natural wine on their
website. This definition concentrates around uninterventionistic style of
winemaking. However, if you are interested in looking further into this
definition, you’ll need Italian skills or at least google translate, as the
website is solely in Italian.
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| Dolcevite's wonderful chocolate salami. |
After having a couple of glasses of Franciacorta, we get
inspired by the dessert menu. We might have just eaten a massive dinner, but
there’s always space left for dessert, right? Chocolate salami sounds
intriguing, so that is our novelty seeking order. What soon approaches us is a
stylishly minimalistic assembly of something resembling black pudding. But the
taste is neither of black pudding nor salami - it is of chocolate heaven. A
slight argument results as we attempt to decide who gets the last bite. Just a
friendly tip: if you order dessert at Dolcevite, make sure everyone gets a
portion of their own!
A wonderful place for tasting Franciacorta and
uninterventionistic Italian wines. Warmly recommended.
Divine Wine tasted at Dolcevite
Coordinates
Dolcevite
Piazza Paolo VI 21, 25121 Brescia
vineriadolcevite@mailcertificatapec.it
Tel 0302906147
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