Cappellano, Dolcetto d'Alba

12,5% alcohol. Pale, translucent ruby red color. Weird, somewhat mute and rather aldehydic nose with aromas of apple juice, some acetaldehyde notes of green apple slices, a little bit of pear peel, light sappy notes of herbal greenness, a hint of cranberry and a touch of earth. Overall the wine seems to have taken some hits along the way. The wine feels medium-bodied, thin and rather mute on the palate with somewhat green-toned flavors of tart lingonberries, some tangy green …

Simply superb.

Dark fruit with still present tannins and some tartness. Rather rustic style.

Even better than the last bottle I drunk a couple of weeks ago. Earthy. This definitely benefited from being decanted, taming the high acidity.

This bottle drunk like a Chénas with an iodine-and-dirt quality to it, berry smells, a slightly milky texture. Very good. The taste was more stemmy than a bottle of the 2012 vintage drunk a couple of months ago in a restaurant.

Dark brick red. Peppery aromas with some dark red fruit and tar. Juicy, vinous, moderately delineated wine. Very good structure and harmonious acid. Clearly well made wine but not tons of interest or pleasure for me here. I think this would have been better with some hearty food (I had it with a very light dinner). Keep in mind with this note that I drink very little Italian wine and of the Italian wine I drink, it is almost all …

Pretty nose of light berries, floral notes, with a touch of acetone that softened with air. Had a nice, inviting palate with more berries, subtle earth, and a good deal of acidity on the finish.

Lovely nose, quite Burgundian with dark cherry and mineral. The palate is a little tough. Dark fruits dominate along rough coal notes with a hint of balsamic. Not as pretty and elegant as the 2008 that I had a few months ago, it probably needs another year or so to get together. Still one of the very few Dolcetto worthy to drink.