Elio Sandri Dolcetto d'Alba

Quite similar to my previous note. Main difference is that the wine is slightly more elegant, refined and show more complexity once the brett blows off. red/dark cherries, wild strawberries, red plums, baking spices, stone fruit, menthol hint of licorice. Texture and tannis have rounded some more, still quite firm in the background though well integrated. Sapidity, and a long finish (if it keeps going I might not brush my teeth tonight).

Fantastic QPR at ~14€

Gregory is spot on with the score and assessment of the wine. Maybe one small reservation, I’m not so sure if its just a simple wine now with time, easy to think about dolcetto in that way. Has maybe turned into a more serious wine now? At first a hint of barnyard, dark cherries, licorice and orange notes. Both rustic and elegant at the same time. Great drinking pleasure and a seriously long finish. Wet stone/minerality to it as well, …

Great, give it some air, goes beautifully well with pasta and tomato sauce.

Honest oldschool dolcetto - on the light side now, but can be expected to fill out in a few years.

Strikingly high minerality. Cherries and earth, good acidity and lean texture. Some fine tannins that feels a bit unripe right now. Should develop nicely over a few years.

At first this is very leathery in the nose, then turning earthy with hints of violet and cherry skin/plum skin fruit on the palate. Light and zesty with some tiny little chewy tannins lending this light bodied, 12.5% alcohol bottle some weight. Super length. Just purity and vibrancy, and outrageous drinkability. So juicy and focused with a fine sheen of fruit that wraps around the lacy structure on the midpalate, and then gaining sweetness through the long finish where that …

Great Dolcetto, had with pasta. Nice tannin structure.