Cordero di Montezemolo Dolcetto d'Alba

Located in in the township of La Morra in the heart of the appellation, the Cordero family’s farm is one of Barolo’s most renowned and revered. Cordero di Montezemolo is one of just a handful of wineries to own contiguous vineyards in Barolo, where the majority of producers make wines from a patchwork of growing sites. Since 2013, the family has farmed all of its vineyards using organic practices — no herbicides, no pesticides, and no fungicides are used — and today all of their properties are certified organic.

While their Barolo gets all the press, their Dolcetto is a prime example of this oft-forgotten Piemonte grape. Boasting good concentration and ripeness, this roars out of the glass with ripe notes of cherry, dark cherry, lavender, and spice. Quite full-bodied and extroverted, this packs some serious punch.