2016 San Fereolo, Dogliani DOCG

2016 San Fereolo, Dogliani DOCG

Piedmont, Italy 2016 (750mL)
Regular price$40.00
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2016 San Fereolo, Dogliani DOCG

What you have in front of you is one of the most profound red wines produced in Piedmont—and it’s not a Nebbiolo. It’s a Dolcetto, historically one of the second-banana varieties in this exalted Italian wine region, but in Nicoletta Bocca’s expert hands, a cultivar capable of real profundity. Over in Barolo, they save their best-exposed vineyard plots for Nebbiolo, whereas Dolcetto and Barbera—which ripen earlier and are generally hardier—fill in the “lesser” sites. But in Bocca’s home region of Dogliani, it’s Dolcetto on center stage, and Bocca is the undisputed master. These wines take the variety to another level; they are incredibly unique, brimming with energy and soul, and they’re aged for extended periods in barrel and bottle before release. The value-for-dollar is unreal. Superlatives are exhausted every time we taste one. If you don’t have some of this now-iconic red in your cellar, you are missing out.

Dolcetto has historically been viewed as the fruity, easy-drinking Italian answer to Beaujolais (the kind of red you drank while waiting for your Barolo to age), but in fact, the variety can exhibit serious depth and structure if given the chance. Despite its name, which translates to “little sweet one,” Dolcetto is not especially “little” (it has some serious tannic structure) or “sweet” (there’s lots of tarry minerality to complement its dark purple/black fruit). Nicoletta Bocca, working in the Dolcetto-centric Dogliani DOCG, has proved this unequivocally at San Fereolo. 

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