2010 Aldo Conterno Dolcetto Masante Langhe
Producer: Aldo Conterno
Style: Red Wine
Grape Type: Dolcetto
Origin: Italy
Region: Piedmont
89 Points | International Wine Cellar , November/December 2011
Good deep red with ruby tones. Reduced aromas of black cherry and licorice pastille. Sweet, ripe and easy to drink; not complex but rich and pliant for 2010 dolcetto. Finishes with nicely buffered tannins and captivating ripeness. This is the only Conterno wine made without wood.
89 Points | Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate
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Italy, like France, offers a world of wine styles within a single country: dry
Italian white wines ranging from lively and minerally to powerful and full-bodied; cheap
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Dolcetto
With Barbera, Dolcetto is one of the two "everyday" wines of the Piedmont region in Italy. While the most favorable growing sites here are reserved for Barolo and Barbaresco, winemakers plant Dolcetto widely where the temperamental Nebbiolo grape doesn't thrive. As Dolcetto is not made to age, but rather intended for more immediate consumption...
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