Roagna, Dolcetto d'Alba
Roagna · Piedmont › Dolcetto d'Alba › Italy
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89
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23
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Taster #3014
· Feb 20, 2026
90/100
smokey, low tannins, would have been best 2 Years ago
2015 vintage
Taster #4207
· Jul 17, 2025
89/100
Very few if any can make a Dolcetto at this level - and make last 6 years. It takes on austerity and toned down the inherent sweetness. Some spice and a deep sour cherry
2019 vintage
Taster #3914
· May 27, 2024
90/100
Very nice. dark fruited and floral. Easy to drink. Sappy fresh fruit, with some nice structure. More serious and complex than most Dolcetto, but it still is Dolcetto. Delicioso.
2019 vintage
Taster #3144
· Jun 22, 2023
drank in May
2019 vintage
Taster #2993
· Jul 18, 2022
Excellent. Probably my favorite dolcetto.
2019 vintage
Taster #2798
· May 16, 2022
92/100
Light ruby , nice soft finish!! Very good!!
2019 vintage
Taster #5338
· Feb 19, 2022
91/100
A comforting familiar nose, like a pair of well worn jeans. Beautiful pure dolcetto fruit, dark berry, tar, and violet. Light to mid weighted, graceful and effortless to drink. More of the same fresh snappy docletto fruit with a textural softness and an added element of grace not always seen in tis variety. This wine has an inner calm and ease to it that I love. Delicious dolcetto.
2019 vintage
Taster #1418
· Nov 26, 2021
89/100
Very well rounded Dolcetto, notes of blackberry and crushed leaves, nice acidity and medium length. I’d say it’s ready and should drink well for the next two years.
2019 vintage
Taster #2993
· Nov 9, 2021
Cheery fruit with a savory bent. Low tannin, very drinkable, and delicious.
2019 vintage
Taster #4916
· Oct 21, 2021
90/100
12.5% - Clear, med to deep ruby and purplish on the rim / clean, med+ intensity - black cherry, kirsch, violet, leathery, spice box, graphite / dry, med+ acidity, med- tannin, med body, med to pronounced intensity with med length, well balanced. As usual an impressive Dolcetto - sheer pleasure!
2019 vintage
Taster #8942
· Oct 3, 2021
90/100
Ready to drink. Vibrant and fruity
2019 vintage
Taster #4916
· Sep 23, 2021
90/100
12.5% - Clear, med to deep purple / clean, med to pronounced intensity - black cherry, blueberry, kirsch, new leather, pencil shavings, spice kick / dry, med+ acidity, med- tannin, med+ intensity with persistent length. 89-90 A step up on the second night after opening.
2019 vintage
Taster #8249
· Sep 3, 2021
83/100
Licorice, dark cherries, leather, florals and animalistic notes on the nose. Very expressive which I always find in Roagna. On the palate it is light and fresh. Leather, sour cherries, some darker fruit, fresh herbal acidity. Decent amount of tannins but very balanced. A bit weak on the midpalate, but fairly long and lingering aftertaste. It might need to develop a bit further.
2019 vintage
Taster #0107
· Jul 26, 2021
90/100
Flavors of meat, dark plum, and notes of graphite and menthol. Medium(-) tannins and dry with good balance but more subdued finish. Really yummy and easy drinking
2019 vintage
Taster #2452
· Jun 29, 2021
91/100
The acid lover’s Dolcetto. Raw, spiced cherry and cedar. Altogether traditional and altogether complete. The best version of good table wine for good table pasta.
2019 vintage
Taster #9662
· Mar 14, 2021
So bretty it’s almost like peanuts on the nose! Not appealing or pleasant; fruit is really suppressed here, no joy or perfume or freshness. Basically its massively faulty.
2019 vintage
Taster #5971
· Feb 22, 2021
91/100
A clear, light ruby colored wine. On the nose dried rose petals, violets, earth and licorice. On the palate flavors of ripe pomegranite, cherries, red plum, licorice and some hazlenut on the finish.
2019 vintage
Taster #7324
· Feb 9, 2021
90/100
Slight herbal, stemmy aspect but also very fine and long. Seems a bit hot but it morphs into a glycerin finish. Begs for some unctuous bolognese to cut through. Good stuff.
2019 vintage
Taster #6535
· Jan 31, 2021
90/100
Hard red candy & a bit of moss
2019 vintage
Taster #2933
· Aug 15, 2020
95/100
Bedste Dolcetto jeg har smagt. The real thing. Farven er medium dyb (rubin rød) med en flot lys kant. Duften er frisk men samtidig med modne noter af friske kirsebær, lidt moden ribs, små toner af skov jordbær, friske røde blomster, lidt mint og en masse frisk engelsk lakrids(små toner af lidt moden hængt kød) Alt på en elegant frisk og let måde. Smagen er som duften...Frugtrig, frugtdreven, saftig, elegant, let, smagfuld af duften. Grafit af rød HB blyant kommer …
2015 vintage
Taster #2208
· Nov 9, 2019
88/100
Very cool dolcetto. Fascinating, strange smell of new diapers (sodium polyacrylate) or maybe baby powder! Dark fruit, medium tannins, definitely easy to drink. Paired with rice balls and red sauce. Delicious wine.
2015 vintage
Taster #1737
· Oct 7, 2019
89/100
Made with grapes sourced from +45 yo vineyards located in Pajé and Carso Crus. Fermented spontaneously for 10 days with indigenous yeasts in large oak casks, part of the wine is macerated with the skins for 3 months. Aged for a year in neutral old oak barrels. 12,5% alcohol. Pale, luminous and quite translucent ruby red color. Quite robust and heavily bretty nose with rustic aromas of manure, stable floor, some reductive notes of hard-boiled eggs, a little it of …
2015 vintage
Taster #3990
· Nov 18, 2017
The wine needs about a half an hour of air, at which point the sharp smell of sulfur dissipates revealing a beautiful old school dolcetto with a strong whiff of leather, good acidity, and dark fruits on the palate. I love it. However, if you are a lover of big California wines, this wine may not be for you. Happily, this does not apply to me.
2015 vintage
Taster #4378
· Oct 14, 2017
85/100
Pale, lustrous, translucent ruby color. Sharply acidic nose of smoke. I wonder if it needs to open: on first drinking, it's a little self effacing and retiring. Notes of butter and cherry and dark berries. Probably needs some time to grow.
2015 vintage
Taster #4345
· Oct 13, 2017
86/100
[Chianti vs. Italy blind 5/6] poop on the nose - both the yogurty baby poop of newborns, and poop poop. Greenish on the palate, bitter leather, and still a significant bit of rough tannin [post-reveal: unpopular wine, so was glad to have a bit left over to taste on second day. Much better nose of mulch and violet, and a smoother, slightly riper, tastier palate. Good idea to decant.]
2015 vintage
Taster #9033
· Aug 16, 2017
89/100
Excellent QPR. Has flavors of a much more expensive nebbiolo. A very enjoyable and easy drinking wine.
2015 vintage
Taster #4304
· May 20, 2017
85/100
I haven't tried a Dolcetto in awhile but I remember liking them. I didn't care for this one. Too much leather and earthiness for my palate. I didn't get much fruit at all on the nose or palate. Day 3: I may have been too hasty in saying I did not like it. On Saturday I opened, did not decant, and drank with pepperoni pizza I made at home. Did not enjoy the wine. My wife says it's because I …
2015 vintage
Taster #7221
· Feb 8, 2017
92/100
This displayed a dark, moody and almost savory bouquet with wild herbs, roses, plum, and undergrowth. On the palate, it was amazingly soft for Dolcetto with caressing ripe blackberry fruits and brisk acid thrust. It finished floral with an attractive bitter twang of herbs and tannin. Wow, Dolcetto lovers take note.
2015 vintage