2013 Idlewild Dolcetto Fox Hill Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 86.4 points

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View DStone's profile
  • Report Issue

  6/1/2018 - DStone Likes this wine: 89 Points

  A smoother Dolcetto than the few that I've had from the Piedmont. Less rustic, to me. Well done!

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View CJM's profile
  • Report Issue

  9/23/2015 - CJM wrote: 76 Points

  Clear pale garnet. Graphite, strawberry, cherry. No acids, no tannins. Cherry. Short balanced finish. Glass. Scopa

  1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View RajivAyyangar's profile
  • Report Issue

  9/4/2015 - RajivAyyangar wrote: 85 Points

  Summary:
  Soft and supple cherry and raspberry fruit with slight whole-cluster character (stemminess and bright carbonic fruit) and fair tannic grip. I could use a bit more acid, but otherwise this is charming.
  Score: around 8.5
  
  --------------
  Blind @ Delectable. I peeked and saw it was a Burgundy bottle.
  
  Clear bright. medium - minus concentration red out to a red rim. Maybe some age?
  earthy, musty, dusty nose. Weird baked hamster bedding / papery earth. Possible stem notes. Slight candied cherry quality that suggests carbonic, which in combination with the stemmy notes would suggest whole-cluster. No signs of age on the nose.
  tight. baked red strawberries. Red cherries - fresh and ripe.
  Elevated alcohol - 13.5% (wrong - only 12.1%).
  Medium body, elevated acid, medium tannins - papery. slight stemmy quality and possibly used oak. (neutral French oak for 6 months).
  Slight reductive fruit.
  
  The acid isn't high enough, and tannins are a bit strong, but I'm going to say:
  Warm climate pinot - Napa, 2011.
  
  Actually: Idlewild, 2013 Dolcetto - CA > Mendocino > Fox Hill Vineyard
  6 months in neutral French oak.
  1/3 whole-cluster, 2/3 destemmed and crushed.

  2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View RajivAyyangar's profile
  • Report Issue

  5/6/2015 - RajivAyyangar wrote: 88 Points

  7% Solution, SF 2015 (SF): Neutral oak, full malo.
  Moderate minus ruby, Moderate minus concentration.
  N: Smelling a bit of stemminess. Ripe cherry, hints of oxidative warm round notes (not oxidized, just in that direction). Maybe this is whole-cluster character?
  P: A bit woody, maybe stems? It’s grippy, good, ripe, has a bit of a punch of elevated acidity, though the tannins have the final say. Nice!
  Between 8.5 and 9

  2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment

Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews below. Learn more.