Roagna Dolcetto d'Alba 2024 no ups Aged six months in large

Aged six months in large wooden vessels following 30 days of maceration with indigenous yeast—finesse-driven Loire red

The natural oils and flavor compounds preserved by skipping chill-filtration add texture and depth

juicy red fruit and black pepper on the nose

Their Rosso is often called the baby Brunello

and the dosage is 2 grams per liter

Roagna Dolcetto d'Alba 2024 no ups Aged six months in largeHere is a small scandal: Roagna grows their Dolcetto in Paj and Asili the same Barbaresco vineyards that produce some of the most coveted Nebbiolo in Piedmont. The vines are 45 years old and older, which tracks, because nobody in the Roagna family has ever pulled out a vine for the crime of being old. And it gets the full serious wine treatment: native yeast, a long submerged cap maceration, then a year in large old casks. The result does not behave