2015 Roagna Dolcetto d'Alba

Community Tasting Notes (10) Avg Score: 89.1 points

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  8/15/2020 - Lionshield Likes this wine: 95 Points

  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 frem i smagen som virkelig klæder vinen, dejlig mild lakrids smag sætter sig på gummerne sammen med den lette frugt-syre der styre det hele til en rigtig god oplevelse.
  Dejlig let eftersmag. Virker som om den er U filtreret, der er ret meget tørstof, hvilket jeg godt kan lide.
  
  Alt i alt..virkelig en positiv oplevelse. Og ikke det "tynde" dolcetto jeg før har smagt. Dolcetto druen og Roagna klæder hinanden. (lidt svært at point give, da jeg kunne give fra 95-100 for at være den bedste Dolcetto jeg har smagt...indtil videre.
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  11/9/2019 - Sesesq Likes this wine: 88 Points

  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.

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  10/7/2019 - forceberry wrote: 89 Points

  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 dark plummy fruit, light blueberry tones, a hint of leather and a sweeter touch of cherry marmalade. The wine is dry, medum-to-moderately full-bodied and quite rustic on the palate with flavors of cherry maarmalade, leather, some lifted VA notes of nail polish, a little bit of funky manure, light mushroomy tones, a hint of sour cherry bitterness and a touch of brambly raspberry. The wine is quite funky and animal with crunchy acidity and very gentle and easy tannins. The finish is very gently grippy with dry flavors of leather, bretty funk, ripe sweet-toned notes of blackberries and blueberries, some sour cherry bittermess and a hint of raspberry marmalade.
  
  A very wild, funky and characterful Dolcetto with wonderfully light and fresh overall style to contrast the more robust and bretty taste. At times the wine was perhaps a bit over-the top but as a whole it was surprisingly enjoyable for the style. Fun, funky stuff.

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  11/18/2017 - Saxman1984 wrote:

  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.

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  10/14/2017 - ewindels Likes this wine: 85 Points

  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.

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