Roagna Dolcetto d'Alba 2024 no ups under varying topsoils of clay

under varying topsoils of clay and sand

Their Rosso is often called the baby Brunello

and the dosage is 2 grams per liter

juicy red fruit and black pepper on the nose

Roagna Dolcetto d'Alba 2024 no ups under varying topsoils of clayHere 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