Dark and brightly flavored with blackberry and pomegranate, with a touch of black pepper. It's firm and ends on the rustic side. Drink now through 2017. 1,000 cases made.??–BS??Region: Italy / Piedmont / Dolcetto d'Alba Select to Add

The Castello di Neive 2013 Dolcetto d'Alba Basarin is loud and boisterous. The aromas are dark and rich with dried blackberry fruit followed by blanched almond, natural spice and candied blueberry.

Raspberry and cherry flavors show a vivid, slightly hard edge, with lively acidity, tannins and a touch of carbonic gas. Drink now through 2015. 1,000 cases made.??–BS??Region: Italy / Piedmont / Dolcetto d'Alba Select to Add

The 2011 Dolcetto d’Alba Basarin is a straightforward wine, but give it a minute of contemplation, and zesty spice with ripe blackberry aromas pop with intensity from the bouquet. The wine is seamless, rich and very fruit-forward. It shows all the necessary prerequisites of a fine, easy-going Dolcetto. Anticipated maturity: 2013-2015. Importer: Winebow, Montvale, NJ; tel. (201) 445-0620

The 2007 Dolcetto d’Alba Basarin is a very pretty and harmonious Dolcetto. There is a bright, floral quality to the red fruit I find particularly attractive, while the soft finish gives the wine an additional measure of elegance. Basarin has long been known as a first-rate site for Dolcetto. Tasting this wine it is easy to see why. Anticipated maturity: 2010-2013. Importers: Bacchanal Wine Imports, Inc., New York, NY; tel. (646) 207-0115; Grassroots Wine Wholesalers, LLC; Birmingham, AL; tel. (205) 250-9060; Vintage Selections, Cape Canaveral, FL; tel. (321) 783-2700; West Park Imports, Sharon Hill PA; tel. (610) 532-3039; Castello di Neive MHW Ltd, Manhasset, NY; tel. (516) 869-9170