Flavio Roddolo, Dolcetto d'Alba, 2011 SO0422_Reductions The 2001 vintage is a

The 2001 vintage is a Rioja classic

Perfect as an apéritif or paired with oysters

He's effectively the lone independent voice in this tiny Alpine DOC

it goes milky the instant water hits it

and zero artifice

Flavio Roddolo, Dolcetto d'Alba, 2011 SO0422_Reductions The 2001 vintage is aFlavio Roddolo is one of Piedmont's great under the radar traditionalists, a grower whose idiosyncratic, slow aged wines we've championed for years. His Dolcetto d'Alba is not the cheerful early drinker the grape usually delivers; Roddolo holds his wines back and they age far longer than almost anyone else's Dolcetto. This 2011, from a warm vintage, has had over a decade to settle, and it's drinking in a savory, mature register most people never get