Flavio Roddolo, Dolcetto d'Alba, 2011 SO0422_Reductions Perfect as an apéritif or

Perfect as an apéritif or paired with oysters

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Flavio Roddolo, Dolcetto d'Alba, 2011 SO0422_Reductions Perfect as an apéritif orFlavio Roddolo is one of Piedmont's great under the radar traditionalists, a grower whose idiosyncratic, slow aged wines we've championed for years. His Dolcetto d'Alba is not the cheerful early drinker the grape usually delivers; Roddolo holds his wines back and they age far longer than almost anyone else's Dolcetto. This 2011, from a warm vintage, has had over a decade to settle, and it's drinking in a savory, mature register most people never get