Winemaker Notes
A high quality wine which ages well, of deep ruby red with shades of violet with a fresh, rich, fruity bouquet, full bodied with intense fragrances of woodland, pleasantly tannic and a slightly almond final note.
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
In the elegant bottle with the brown label, the Poderi Luigi Einaudi 2022 Dogliani Superiore Madonna delle Grazie Vigna Tecc opens to big intensity with blackcurrant and blackberry in abundance. This hot and dry vintage has produced powerful and velvety fruit that richly covers the palate. Old-vine fruit adds extra complexity and concentration.
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Wine Spectator
An aromatic version, featuring raspberry, blackberry and boysenberry fruit shaded with graphite, chocolate and black pepper notes. This red firms up, leaving a dusting of powdery tannins on the finish. Drink now through 2032.
An easy drinking red with soft fruity flavors—but catchy tannins, Dolcetto is often enjoyed in its native Piedmont on a casual weekday night, or for apertivo (the canonical Piedmontese pre-dinner appetizer hour). Somm Secret—In most of Piedmont, easy-ripening Dolcetto is relegated to the secondary sites—the best of which are reserved for the king variety: Nebbiolo. However, in the Dogliani zone it is the star of the show, and makes a more serious style of Dolcetto, many of which can improve with cellar time.
The hills of Dogliani, just to the south of the Barolo zone, produce the very best Dolcetto wines in the world. Its rolling hills reach higher elevations than those of Barolo and the area maintains strong Dolcetto vineyards as well as groves of hazelnut trees, farmland, pastures, and forests. Dogliani became its own DOCG in 2005; in order for a Dolcetto to be classified as Dogliani DOCG, it must come from one of the following communes: Bastia Mondovì, Belvedere Langhe, Clavesana, Cigliè, Dogliani, Farigliano, Monchiero, Rocca Cigliè, Roddino and Somano. Dogliani DOCG must have a deep red color, elegance, intense fruit, and aromas of currants, raspberry, and blackberry.