2021 Frederick Stevenson Dolcetto

VARIETAL: Dolcetto
REGION: Adelaide Hills, SA
VITICULTURE: Organic
WINEMAKER: Steve Crawford

"Ashton (Ceravolo vineyard) 400 metres up - loamy, clay with shale and touch of limestone. First time picking this plot for me, trying to remember my feelings on dolcetto whilst in Barolo in 2010…. Im getting on. But ideally lunch friendly and would do alright w a chill.

Label - Langhe produces a lot of cherries and Dolcetto kinda has those flavours…the north facing slope used to be dolcetto and cherries to back in the day before $$$$$ arrived and Barolo went nuts... also its a nod to old Fellini films, but the phrase "Dolce fa niente" - which means the pleasure in doing nothing - aka the only plan you had was eating a whole punnet of cherries for the day and forgetting about the world, it’s and your problems… kinda felt apt for all the shit that’s been going on. Put your phone down and float down stream.

Plums, dark fleshy cherries, hints of spice, chocolate cake n tarish / reductive notes on the nose. The palate has the classic Dolcetto softness and broader feel across the mouth, which makes its way to feeling like your sucking on a cherry pith - with some tight tannin and soft but fresh acid to close."

Steve Crawford started his Barossa label under the pseudonym of Frederick Stevenson whilst working at a larger winery. One of the nicest guys in wine that continues to impress each and every year.