DOLCETTO DI DOGLIANI

Tecc is the oldest vineyard very near the winery. No oak. Dark crimson. More bright fruited than the oaked 2010. Juicy and brighter and more lively. Less impressive, perhaps, but more energy. Lively, bright and juicy freshness on the palate. 2011-2015 Rating: 16.5 Julia Harding MW, www.JancisRobinson.com (Oct 2012)

Hard pressed I am going to have to choose from the thirteen Piemontese wines presented: ‘Vigna Tecc’ 2009, Dolcetto di Dogliani, Luigi Einaudi – the real surprise here was that Dolcetto, usually a decent quaffer in otherwise exalted company, really deserves to be here on merit. Here in the Dogliani quality area it is the drinking option – in Piemonte that is usually reserved for Barbera, but Einaudi’s Barbera was OK but not outstanding. Great cherry and plum fruit on a tight-knit palate, subtle and assertive simultaneously, really good at under £15. You don’t normally pay that for Dolcetto but then Dolcetto is not normally anything like this good. David Way (www.winefriend.org) (Apr 2011)

A bright perfume with sour cherries in spades, this pretty wine has delicacy and charm together with a fine backbone of tannins for support. A shining Dolcetto light. Rating: 91 The Wine Gang - www.thewinegang.com (Apr 2011)