2024 Fletcher Wines 'Cantina della Stazione' Dolcetto d' Alba, Piedmont, Italy Forlorn Hope loamy clay top soils ideal

loamy clay top soils ideal for red wine

Through sheer determination and ambition

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2024 Fletcher Wines 'Cantina della Stazione' Dolcetto d' Alba, Piedmont, Italy Forlorn Hope loamy clay top soils idealDave's Dolcetto is drawn from 60 year old vines in the Bricco Capre vineyard of Alba. The sites sandy marl over clay provides both aromatic lift and structural precision, keeping yields naturally low and production capped at just 2,000 bottles. Fermentation is carried out with native yeasts in open vats, with manual pigage for gentle extraction, followed by 8 months of aging in neutral barriques over a decade old. The result is a Dolcetto of