April 27, 2024 - Corked
April 7, 2024 - Double blind tasting
Unfortunately this wine was completely dominated by significant VA which never blew off enough to even attempt a guess at the wine - smelled like nail polish remover
Don't see any other CT notes regarding this so hopefully this was a bottle defect
April 5, 2024 - Wine fault, so rating withheld
Medium purple, unfiltered
Aromatics medium +. Prominent nail polish, volatile acidity that dominates wine preventing other aromatics. Later some 2 day old dry grass clippings.
Palate has a medium body. Acid medium +. Alcohol medium +. Tannins medium. The VA still predominates on the palate followed by a bitter, medicinal, old fashioned cough syrup note.
Finish has a medium + length that is poorly balanced given the volatile acidity.
This was my only 2011 bottle from a Garagiste 12 bottle vertical received about 3 weeks ago. I will try my 2012 bottle soon to decide if this is a Garagiste issue or just a bad bottle.
March 24, 2024 - In a really good spot, to my tastes. Kicking off lots of sediment, but some fruit still present; soft and silky on the back end; well balanced - very nice.
(Opened it to go with some goodies - like meatballs, cheese, and a killer artichoke/roasted red pepper focaccia - we brought back from Italian markets in Pittsburgh's Strip district. But given that we let our 16 year old son drive home to get some experience on his learner's permit ... just about anything with alcohol was going to be welcomed ;)
January 6, 2024 - lovely wine, way out of it's league, natural wine making with no added yeasts, no filtration, lovely with cheese plater, mature notes on the nose, but a lot of fruit on the palate, nose with time becomes like chocolate, good acidity, fresh and drinkable
November 3, 2023 - Søte røde bær og skogsbær på duft. Lite lagringsaromaer, men kanskje litt maling. Søt frukt også, mer i retning blåbær i munnen, med deilig umami munnfølelse. Runde tanniner med merkbar snerp. Blir sittende ganske lenge. Flott vin i god form, super dolcetto!
December 15, 2021 - liquorice on the nose, velvet palate and lovely balance, maybe a tad slow to show on the nose, but with time it really comes out, given its a 10 yr dolcetto I would say outstanding and not at peak yet, drink or hold
March 6, 2021 - Corked
November 25, 2020 - This bottle is showing very nicely with touches of cherry, almond and earth. Great food wine. Not particularly complex but easy to like and drink.
June 9, 2020 - Dusty. Several different people/palates all tasted this wine within 30 mins of opening and unprompted, each one said the same thing: "Dusty".
But that didn't slow us down or stop us from quickly finishing the bottle! It had a very certain slightly bitter almond fruit charm beyond wet and dusty but those were the predominant characteristics.
Bottled opened in January 2020 seemed to be a little more popular but it was close.