The organic 2022 Dolcetto d'Alba Bricco Bastia is packed tight with sweet blackberry and blackcurrant. The wine is dense and rich with bitter almond and blue flower at the back. You get a lot of varietal character in this easy wine. This is an 18,000-bottle release.

Here's a fun, easy-drinking release from Conterno Fantino, an estate that always works a deft hand on the Dolcetto grape. Opening to a darkly saturated appearance, the 2021 Dolcetto d'Alba Bricco Bastia shows ripe fruit with black cherry and summer plum. The wine is ample and generous in terms of texture and concentration. It would pair with a wood-fired pizza with extra mozzarella cheese. Exactly 16,086 bottles were released.

A pretty red, offering a nice range of floral, cherry and blackberry flavors matched to a supple texture. This firms up a little on the finish, lingering with fruit and spice accents. Drink now. 1,200 cases made.??–BS??Region: Italy / Piedmont / Dolcetto d'Alba Select to Add

The Conterno Fantino 2020 Dolcetto d'Alba Bricco Bastia opens to a bright ruby color with purplish hues at the back. The wine flaunts its youth and freshness, thanks to its exuberant primary fruit. The bouquet delivers blueberry, wild raspberry and sour cherry. Those sweet berry flavors are followed by bitter almonds, lilacs and pressed violets. This wine underlines the purity and typicity of the Dolcetto grape. Some 11,500 bottles were made and you get terrific value.

Mouthwatering, with cherry pie and blackberry jam as the flavor themes here. There is a touch of earth and cigar leaf on the finish. Drink now. 100 cases imported.??–BS??Region: Italy / Piedmont / Dolcetto d'Alba Select to Add