2024 Fletcher Wines 'Cantina della Stazione' Dolcetto d' Alba, Piedmont, Italy Forlorn Hope Through sheer determination and ambition

Through sheer determination and ambition

he started part-time studying in Beaune and working at Domaine André et Mireille Tissot with Stéphane his mentor

The vineyard is facing east

loamy clay top soils ideal for red wine

Mario and Salvo have decided to release both red and whites only after extended elevage

2024 Fletcher Wines 'Cantina della Stazione' Dolcetto d' Alba, Piedmont, Italy Forlorn Hope Through sheer determination and ambitionDave'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