2024 Fletcher Wines 'Cantina della Stazione' Dolcetto d' Alba, Piedmont, Italy Helicon 30% Touriga Nacional

30% Touriga Nacional

Fermentation takes place in small cement tanks and oak barrels without the use of selected yeast

a stone's throw from Chardonnay

followed by aging for 18 months in oak barrels (30% new oak)

on hard limestone and grey Liassic marls

2024 Fletcher Wines 'Cantina della Stazione' Dolcetto d' Alba, Piedmont, Italy Helicon 30% Touriga NacionalDave's Dolcetto is drawn from 60 year old vines in the Bricco Capre vineyard of Alba. The sites sandy marl over clay provides both aromatic lift and structural precision, keeping yields naturally low and production capped at just 2,000 bottles. Fermentation is carried out with native yeasts in open vats, with manual pigage for gentle extraction, followed by 8 months of aging in neutral barriques over a decade old. The result is a Dolcetto of