Must be a bad bottle but this put a dent in my recently held interest in long living dolcetto. Very mature and modestly fruited; based on last year's this looks and feels like 10yrs old, not 5. Like an old Burg with drying old tannin and minerals and blood. Kinda interesting but should be so much better.
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Admittedly I haven't had a lot of dolcetto but this is surely in the 'serious' league. Dense, complete, good balance, grown up dark fruits and medium strength tannin. No lolly water here. Dry fruited finish that gets progressively drier as the tannin kicks in. Bitter fruits to finish as well and these are just a touch hard. Will go well until 2015 (at least).
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9/6/2013 - StewartWent wrote: 85 Points
Must be a bad bottle but this put a dent in my recently held interest in long living dolcetto. Very mature and modestly fruited; based on last year's this looks and feels like 10yrs old, not 5. Like an old Burg with drying old tannin and minerals and blood. Kinda interesting but should be so much better.
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5/3/2012 - StewartWent wrote: 90 Points
Admittedly I haven't had a lot of dolcetto but this is surely in the 'serious' league. Dense, complete, good balance, grown up dark fruits and medium strength tannin. No lolly water here. Dry fruited finish that gets progressively drier as the tannin kicks in. Bitter fruits to finish as well and these are just a touch hard. Will go well until 2015 (at least).
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2/7/2011 - 2mwine wrote: 85 Points
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12/5/2010 - 2mwine wrote: 92 Points
Premium Dolcetto - fruity, soft and delicious
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11/20/2010 - 2mwine wrote: 92 Points
Premium Dolcetto - fruity, soft and delicious
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