Roagna Dolcetto d'Alba 2024 Wine Bar | Orange and Rose and blackberry alongside mineral salinity

and blackberry alongside mineral salinity and hints of mocha

Full malolactic fermentation and lees stirring every week or so build the creamy texture

and you should grab a few bottles whenever you can

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Etienne uses it for his biodynamic trials

Roagna Dolcetto d'Alba 2024 Wine Bar | Orange and Rose and blackberry alongside mineral salinityHere 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