This wine is 7$ at K&L (if you're in a wine club). You normally don't see Dolcetto's that are this old, and I was pretty surprised when it showed up in the wine club. Dolcetto's normally require some form of sustenance to really enjoy, and since my girlfriend is out of town, I drank this wine over 2 nights, with a few different things. Surprisingly, especially since the "conventional" wisdom is that Dolcetto's are to be drunk young, the wine needed some time to open up. This went well with pate, but also went well with a grilled vegetable pasta. The wine has a lot of bright cherry flavors and some earthiness. There's a lot of acid, and a lot of tannin. Definitely an edge to this wine, but a good edge, especially with food. The tannins at the end turn sweet, with just a bit of vanilla on them, which I'm not really all that into. At 7$ though, this makes a good food wine, and goes with a lot of stuff. I don't think that you can really complain too much. It's got a lot of rustic character. B-
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