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Tasting notes
Score 16.5/20 · Drink 2019-2023, Walter Speller, jancisrobinson.com, Jul 2019

Deep, purplish ruby. Pure and savoury blueberry fruit nose and sappy red and dark fruit on the palate. Firm tannins adding real interest. Certainly a wine for the dinner table. (WS)

Critic scores

Critic scores
93
93/100

Average Score

17
17/20

Walter Speller, jancisrobinson.com

93
93/100

Antonio Galloni, Vinous

More reviews and scores

92 points
Monica Larner, Wine Advocate
Score 92/100 · Drink 2019-2024, Monica Larner, Wine Advocate, Jun 2019

I had tasted this as an unfinished wine last year but hadn't assigned an official score until now. The 2017 Dolcetto d'Alba Coste & Fossati pours from the bottle with an inky dark appearance, but the bouquet is rather tame and contained considering the full-throttle personality of Dolcetto. (This should be especially true in a hot vintage such as 2017.) Dark cherry and blackberry notes unfold to give the wine a lasting sensation of thickness and darkness.

93 points
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
Score 93/100 · Drink 2019-2027, Antonio Galloni, Vinous, May 2019

The 2017 Dolcetto d'Alba Coste & Fossati is a wine of extraordinary and arresting beauty. Intense and yet also remarkably delineated, the Coste & Fossati is a terrific example of the heights Dolcetto can reach in skilled hands. Readers will find a gorgeous, beautifully layered wine endowed with tremendous energy and focus. Dark plum, graphite, smoke, menthol and licorice all build in this super-expressive and nuanced wine from Vajra. I loved it.

About the producer

G. D. Vajra
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Product details

Grape Blend

Dolcetto

Colour

Red

Taste

Dry

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