2022 Olek Bondonio Dolcetto d'Alba
$61.00
WINEMAKER: Olek Bondonio
REGION: Piemonte, IT
VARIETY: Dolcetto
VITICULTURE: Organic
The fruit comes from 40 to 60-year-old vines in Altavilla, just a few hills away from the winery. It is lively and shows that red wine can be weighty but retain amazing drinkability at the same time. The dolcetto was macerated on skins til end of fermentation (about two weeks) in stainless steel only.
Polish champion snowboarder Olek Bondonio has quietly established a cult following from his old farmhouse in Barbaresco. He farms three and a half hectares amongst the region's top crus, utilising indigenous yeast fermentation and minimal intervention.