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Animale Dolcetto (Columbia Valley (WA))
Columbia Valley (WA) · Columbia Valley · United States
Fact sheet
- Type
- Other
- Grape
- Dolcetto
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Columbia Valley (WA) · Columbia Valley
- Appellation
- Columbia Valley
- Alcohol
- 15.9%
- Body
- full
- Acidity
- medium
- Tannin
- high
- Sweetness
- dry
Food pairing
carne assada · pasta com molho de tomate · queijos curados
Rated vintages
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201190 pts
This is actually Wahluke Slope fruit, though labeled simply Columbia Valley. Tart pomegranate fruit, a seam of clay and well-integrated highlights of herb and earth mark this extremely limited-production wine as special. Dolcetto does not have much of a track record in Washingto…
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201090 pts
There is some alchemy at work here, for this unusual Dolcetto—all 24 cases of it—has the complexity of blended wines. Tart pomegranate fruit, streaks of stem and cement, mint and spice, all rise briefly and then fall away. It's a detailed wine, in the enigmatic style that marks…
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200986 pts
This alcoholic wine (15.9%, and you can taste it) is also tongue-scrapingly tannic. The black cherry and cassis fruit is fabulous, and quite ripe, but the alcohol starts to burn out the finish. Let the record show that some tasters will love this wine.