Roagna Dolcetto d'Alba 2024 core-no-restrictions the wines that proved Anjou

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Since 2016 the house has been run by Julien Desplans

Benedic is their only red and the hardest of their wines to lay hands on: equal parts Ciliegiolo and Sangiovese with a splash of Merlot (45/45/10) grown on volcanic soils

Roagna Dolcetto d'Alba 2024 core-no-restrictions the wines that proved AnjouHere 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