Cascina Corte - Dolcetto di Dogliani Superiore Pirochetta Vecchie Vigne 2013

Cascina Corte's Dolcetto di Dogliani Pirochetta vecchie vigne 2013 is not your typical Dolcetto. Read more to find out why.

Humph! Wine lovers often give Dolcetto the cold shoulder in Piemonte. This rather maligned grape perpetually seems to play second fiddle (along with Barbera) to the exalted Nebbiolo. But in Dogliani, just south of Barolo, Dolcetto has had DOCG status since 2005. Maybe that's as much to do with political savvy as anything else. Be that as it may, try thi…