Here's an easy, thin and stripped-down expression of Dolcetto to pour at a backyard barbecue with family and friends. The Beni di Batasiolo 2018 Dolcetto d'Alba really only hits at the basics, offering sour cherry and simple blackberry tones along with some bitter almond and wild rose. On the palate, the wine is thin and short. Drink it within the next year (some 7,500 12-bottle cases were released).

Bit austere, but good berry and cedar character. Drink now. 11,000 cases made.??–null??Region: Italy / Piedmont / Dolcetto d'Alba Select to Add

Fresh, with soft plummy fruit and bark character. Medium- to light-bodied, with firm tannins and a clean finish. Drink now. 15,000 cases made, 2,000 cases imported.??–JS??Region: Italy / Piedmont / Dolcetto d'Alba Select to Add

A fresh, young Dolcetto, with chalky cherry and berry character, light to medium body and a clean finish. Drink now. 12,000 cases made.??–JS??Region: Italy / Piedmont / Dolcetto d'Alba Select to Add

Fairly tart, with wet earth, tobacco leaf, spice, cherry pit and black cherry character. Should go well with food, which will soften the finish. Drink now through 1999. 8,330 cases made.??–PM??Region: Italy / Piedmont / Dolcetto d'Alba Select to Add