Roagna Dolcetto d'Alba 2024 no ups 30% Sauvignon Blanc

30% Sauvignon Blanc

This was the first year we were fortunate enough to get Rose of Peru from the west side of the Magite vineyard

under varying topsoils of clay and sand

Their Rosso is often called the baby Brunello

The natural oils and flavor compounds preserved by skipping chill-filtration add texture and depth

Roagna Dolcetto d'Alba 2024 no ups 30% Sauvignon BlancHere is a small scandal: Roagna grows their Dolcetto in Paj and Asili the same Barbaresco vineyards that produce some of the most coveted Nebbiolo in Piedmont. The vines are 45 years old and older, which tracks, because nobody in the Roagna family has ever pulled out a vine for the crime of being old. And it gets the full serious wine treatment: native yeast, a long submerged cap maceration, then a year in large old casks. The result does not behave