2020 Luciano Sandrone Dolcetto d'Alba

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 88.2 points

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  5/1/2024 - sid_loves_wine Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Unfortunately I mostly agree with the note on this from Vinous, which says this vintage might come as a shock to people used to the cuvee, implying it's a far cry from the opulent, richer style of previous years. I've only tried one other (2019), but where that was one of my favorite Dolcettos ever (I rated it 94), this is one of my least favorite; it feels so thin, wispy, unsubstantial in comparison that I thought I might have had an off bottle, briefly.
  
  All that sounds very negative, but I should clarify this is still a tasty wine in the abstract. Nice fresh red fruits, some wild raspberry, a little sour and simplistic, but still present, fresh, and lingering along with pretty notes of wild herbs and some very, very faint peppery spice. It's just so much less engaging with the rich and balanced 2019, and without any heightened sense of "elegance" to make up for it. If it was a super tough vintage, that's one thing- if this was a decision to tone down the intensity of the wine to attempt a new style, that's kind of a bummer.

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  12/25/2023 - Vinobystino wrote: 88 Points

  Fruit dominated, medium + acidity, medium finish. Strawberry, raspberry and cherry. Nice refreshing wine but lacking a bit of depth and length

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  10/2/2023 - Yohansmas Likes this wine:

  알코올 향이 다소 튀는 느낌을 지울 수 없다.
  처음에는 후추향이 느껴지고, 입에서는 입을 조이는 듯한 탄닌이 느껴진다.
  시간이 지나면 어느 정도 적당히 과실향도 느껴지긴 해서 점점 더 좋아진다.
  다만, 그 시간이 굉장히 짧다.
  마시기 1시간이 넘어가니 좋았던 느낌은 거의 사라지고 에탄올 마시는 것 같다.
  다시 말하지만 토마토 베이스 피자와 매칭시켰다면 조금 더 좋았을 것 같은데 페어링이 좋지는 못했다.

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  3/17/2023 - jvphoto Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Pizza night

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  4/28/2022 - maxima wrote: 87 Points

  Léger, floral et gouleyant.
  Mince et pas très long.
  Correct.

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