Flavio Roddolo, Dolcetto d'Alba, 2011 SO0422_Reductions olive and brambleberry on the

olive and brambleberry on the nose

it's ideal for a simple spritz or lighter cocktails

Salers Aperitif is the oldest and most traditional aperitif of France's Massif Central region

it goes milky the instant water hits it

it's really hard to beat Cantemerle

Flavio Roddolo, Dolcetto d'Alba, 2011 SO0422_Reductions olive and brambleberry on theFlavio 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