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We tasted another Dolcetto-based wine from the Piemonte region of Italy, the 2011 Marziano Abbona “Papa Celso” Dogliani, from the prized Dogliani DOCG appellation in Piedmont, where the best Dolcettos are generally grown and produced. Azienda Agricola Abbona owner Marziano Abbona produces this wine exclusively from 50 to 60 year old vines in the Doriolo vineyard

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We are tasting the signature wines of Italy this month, starting with wines from the Dolcetto grape grown in the Piemonte region of northwest Italy. Dolcetto means “little sweet one” and the grapes are black, thick-skinned, with plenty of dark fruit flavor, generally low in acid and high in tannins. They make intense, fruity dark

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