Fattoria Enotria
Mendocino County Dolcetto
Mendocino, North Coast, California, USA
An Italian grape in Mendocino! And made by a woman winemaker. Which mayhaps helps explain how this wine can have tough tannins all mellowed by a chocolate covered cherry. When you are a woman obscuring your toughness (so you aren’t labeled as a problem) with a friendly nature (so they think oh she’s sweet) is an acquired skill. One that does well by Dolcetto.
It is the bitterest of chocolate and the freshest and also dried-est of cherries. Omigod it is not sweet but it realllllly reminds me of dark chocolate covered cherries. And maybe someone infused that butter chocolate with a chili pepper because there is a zing to it. I will party with this wine all night and probably tell it my secrets before dawn.
An Italian grape in Mendocino! And made by a woman winemaker. Which mayhaps helps explain how this wine can have tough tannins all mellowed by a chocolate covered cherry. When you are a woman obscuring your toughness (so you aren’t labeled as a problem) with a friendly nature (so they think oh she’s sweet) is an acquired skill. One that does well by Dolcetto.
It is the bitterest of chocolate and the freshest and also dried-est of cherries. Omigod it is not sweet but it realllllly reminds me of dark chocolate covered cherries. And maybe someone infused that butter chocolate with a chili pepper because there is a zing to it. I will party with this wine all night and probably tell it my secrets before dawn.
Solid wine, nothing too special. Not too fruity, not too earthy, not too dry.
Solid wine, nothing too special. Not too fruity, not too earthy, not too dry.
Jan 29th, 2017
Great Dolcetto from Mendocino, CA. Always balanced and great with pasta. Could also stand up to red meat. Label says Dolcetto is varietal "Piemontesi most like to drink."
Great Dolcetto from Mendocino, CA. Always balanced and great with pasta. Could also stand up to red meat. Label says Dolcetto is varietal "Piemontesi most like to drink."
Feb 17th, 2013
