Vinous Media 92 points.
The 2019 Dogliani Superiore Bricco Botti is powerful, dark and maybe just a bit rustic, but also nicely balanced. Black cherry game, tobacco and scorched earth add layers of dimension to this brooding powerhouse Dogliani.
SOMMELIER'S DESCRIPTION
The Dogliani Superiore "Bricco Botti" by Pecchenino is one of the best Dolcetto currently on the market; very fine, crisp, clean and with a great character and personality. The cellar Pecchenino is a landmark in the Langhe, a cellar that has retained its connotation family passing on his farms from generation to generation. Today we find the brothers Attilio and Orlando to lead this wonderful reality of Dogliani that produces, as always, wines of extraordinary elegance and longevity with character and personality of its own. As this Dogliani Superiore "Bricco Botti" that comes from vineyards located more than 400 meters above sea level; vineyards maintained turfed to obtain a better softness of the ground and avoid erosion, with a manual harvesting and an addition of sulfur to a minimum. After a maceration on the skins for 25 days, the wine aged for 24 months in oak barrels of 25 hl. The result is a soft and elegant Dolcetto, where the notes of plum, cherry and blackberry combine with hints of leather. "Bricco Botti" of Pecchenino: a Dolcetto di Dogliani Superiore which is one of the best expressions of this grape variety.
Colour Ruby red
Scent Fruity, with notes of plum, cherry and blackberry and hints of leather
Taste Soft and pleasantly tannic
