Flavio Roddolo

Dolcetto d'Alba Superiore

8.922 ratings
8.41 pro ratings
Alba, Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy
Dolcetto
Pork
Top Notes For
Sarah Bray

Tannins. Earth. Leather. #italy #piedmont #dolcetto

Tannins. Earth. Leather. #italy #piedmont #dolcetto

Mar 6th, 2015
Daniel Bloom

N: Lots of tar, balsamic notes , Cherries,
Plum sand tobacco.
P: lots of presence in the mouth, viscous, tannic and acidity in good balance.
Deep black cherry fruit, pleasantly drying, makes you want another.

N: Lots of tar, balsamic notes , Cherries,
Plum sand tobacco.
P: lots of presence in the mouth, viscous, tannic and acidity in good balance.
Deep black cherry fruit, pleasantly drying, makes you want another.

Apr 13th, 2021
Richard Shin

Good. Grippy but also seems to have a flabby finish. Don’t think I would buy again.

Good. Grippy but also seems to have a flabby finish. Don’t think I would buy again.

Jun 27th, 2020
Devin Bostick

Clay, earth smell, floral, sorrel raspberry, raspberry, acid and tannins at end are huge

Clay, earth smell, floral, sorrel raspberry, raspberry, acid and tannins at end are huge

Feb 23rd, 2020
Simone Pizzi

Flavio's dolcetto is glorious. The terroir shows in the glass with the strength of nature, deep ruby colour and intense, balsamic aromas. The wine is powerful, lively, clean and well balanced. The first sips are dry and masculine with slightly animal and vinous scents, but almost immediately the fruit comes forward, delicately, black and tart cherries, wild plums. Then, the balsamic aromas take over, intense, inhebriating : licorice, anise, eucalyptus, spearmint, seabreeze, mediterranean herbs, blood orange. It's grand. The terroir here shows its royalty, the forty-to-eighty-year vines do the rest to let Flavio work his magic. As the wine breathes in the juice gets softer, putting in light a smooth landscape with strawberries and fresh cream, tobacco and toffee. In the mouth the wine is broad, savoury, alcoholic, deep. Great persistence and length even at day 2 and 3 !
Outrageous pleasure for the price ...
I've definitely gone under the spell !!

Flavio's dolcetto is glorious. The terroir shows in the glass with the strength of nature, deep ruby colour and intense, balsamic aromas. The wine is powerful, lively, clean and well balanced. The first sips are dry and masculine with slightly animal and vinous scents, but almost immediately the fruit comes forward, delicately, black and tart cherries, wild plums. Then, the balsamic aromas take over, intense, inhebriating : licorice, anise, eucalyptus, spearmint, seabreeze, mediterranean herbs, blood orange. It's grand. The terroir here shows its royalty, the forty-to-eighty-year vines do the rest to let Flavio work his magic. As the wine breathes in the juice gets softer, putting in light a smooth landscape with strawberries and fresh cream, tobacco and toffee. In the mouth the wine is broad, savoury, alcoholic, deep. Great persistence and length even at day 2 and 3 !
Outrageous pleasure for the price ...
I've definitely gone under the spell !!

Dec 24th, 2019
Anaïs Jollivet

Dolcetto d’alba #fume #piemonte

Dolcetto d’alba #fume #piemonte

Nov 1st, 2018
Tim Casady

Seeing in a new age category...

Seeing in a new age category...

Aug 15th, 2018
zachholesun

Whoooo. Smoky. Like a fireplace. May have been the Rose I was double-fisting. Vinegar Hill House for Gabi's bday

Whoooo. Smoky. Like a fireplace. May have been the Rose I was double-fisting. Vinegar Hill House for Gabi's bday

Nov 17th, 2017
aisforalan

dry. delicious. nice tannins. fuller bodied for a dolcetto. buy again.

dry. delicious. nice tannins. fuller bodied for a dolcetto. buy again.

Nov 4th, 2016
David D

Super dry, bold for a Dolcetto. Leather, thyme, currants. At Faun.

Super dry, bold for a Dolcetto. Leather, thyme, currants. At Faun.

Nov 4th, 2016