Community Tasting Notes 2

• bevetroppo wrote: 86 points

  September 17, 2011 - Day later from memory. I went to an Italian restaurant last night that I hadn't been to in at least a year, and both the menu and the wine list had undergone major surgery. The wine list had what seemed to be at least 20 indigenous varietal wines under $50, with some as low as $30. That's cool for suburban NJ. I asked my wife if there was anything in particular she wanted to drink, and she said "dolcetto," so much to my surprise and delight I found a Cavallotto for just $30. I've had some nice Cavallotto wines over time, especially the Barolo Bricco Boschis San Giuseppe from 2000, so this seemed like a great deal in a restaurant. Unfortunately, while this wine was highly drinkable, it took a stylistic detour somewhere along the line into the land of nondescript. Decent plummy fruit, faint floral tones, light to medium body, but a really uninspiring finish that was flat on the acid and tannin so it just kinda laid there. This almost seemed like it was "made for America," and the producer wanted something soft and innocuous for the Pepsi Generation. It reminded me of a car commercial: inexpensive and built to stay that way.

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• DHJ1968 wrote:

  April 10, 2011 - Prior taster nailed it - this is big, black and not showing much right now. Well made with plenty of stuffing, this should soften and open up over the next year or two.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2008
• Type Red
• Producer Cavallotto
• Varietal Dolcetto
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Vigna Scot
• Country Italy
• Region Piedmont
• SubRegion Alba
• Appellation Dolcetto d'Alba

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• In Cellars 1 (3%)
• Consumed 32 (97%)

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