ON-193730
Abbona Papà Celso 2013
Other Red
Piedmont, Italy
LCBO# 193730
0V
8989
$19.75
Critic Reviews (3)
Sara d'Amato
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Sara d'Amato

A lovely package inside and out, this very floral dolcetto is sultry and substantial but also grippy and vibrant. The...

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John Szabo, MS
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John Szabo, MS

An ambitious, and quite successful, example of dolcetto, with a pinch of sweetness to add appeal, and light but...

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David Lawrason
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David Lawrason

This is a lovely fresh, fruity dolcetto (Piedmont's fruity red) with good lift on the nose showing typical...

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Community Reviews (1)
Michael Stickings
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Michael Stickings

I don't have much experience with Dolcetto, the sweeter Piedmontese red, but this is certainly a very fine example. It has some sweetness, to be sure, and it's remarkably accessible at this young age, but it's also quintessentially Italian, with savoury bay leaf, fresh herbs, black pepper, and earth nicely offsetting the blueberry, raspberry, and tart cherry. It's both better and worse by the second day, rounder and more lush on the nose but thinner and more bitter on the palate. There isn't much depth, either, but it's still nicely balanced and restrained, allowing the grape to be itself.





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