2024 Dolcetto d'Alba
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Bottled in July after nine months in wood, the 2024 Dolcetto d’Alba pours a jeweled ruby color and comes from a notably rainy growing season. On the nose, it’s floral and pure, with fresh violets, blue and red berries, and wet stone notes. On the palate, it’s medium-bodied, linear, and focused, showing nervous energy and a bright, classical feel that recalls an earlier era of the wine. At just 12.5% alcohol, a rarity here over the past three decades, this feels like a Dolcetto of the past in the best sense. There are roughly 6,000 bottles produced. It’s an ideal everyday wine that doesn’t try to be more than it should. Drink 2026-2033.
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Antonio Galloni, Vinous
Audrey Frick, jebdunnuck.com
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The 2024 Dolcetto d'Alba is a very pretty, supremely elegant wine. Dolcetto as it used to be—light in body, aromatic and graceful, but with the finesse of today. That’s a hugely appealing combination in my book. Blue-toned fruit, lavender, cinnamon and new leather are all finely delineated in the glass. The 2024 is pure class.
About the producer
Bartolo Mascarello is one of the most respected, traditionalist Barolo producers. The Piedmont estate makes one of the region’s finest expressions of Nebbiolo.