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Fratelli Antonio e Raimondo Piemonte Dolcetto Effortlessly cool Italian shit talker, with an irresistible grin.

CONCEPTUAL DOPPELGANGER Fedez — of course you’ve heard of him. OK, you’re probably not that up on Italian hip hop. Nor am I. But I know when to pay attention. Admittedly it sounds a little funny, rapping in Italian, that is, but the style and delivery keep me interested and looking for more. In fact, just hearing Fedez makes me want to rap in Italian, which I’ve been told, is facilitated often by the quaffing of Dolcetto. You’ve been hipped. Ciao!

WINEMAKER Paolo Sartirano VITI VINI No chemical driving philosophy was “quality fertilizers are used in the at any cost” and they worked REGION Piedmont vineyard. A manual harvest and tirelessly to meet that goal. sorting is rigorous. De-stemmed It was thought that their ambition to make quality wine GRAPE VARIETY Dolcetto and crushed with fermentation in stainless steel tanks at was even more so due to the moderate temperatures (28-30 fact they were both hearing SOIL Marl, limestone and clay d e g re es Celsius). Post impaired and used their wine fermentation maceration on the as a form of expression. In AGE OF VINES Planted in the skins for about 6 days with 2002, R ai m ond o L evis d ie d a nd mid 1980s daily pump-overs. Lightly fined as a result, Antonio partnered and minimally filtered. with the esteemed Sartirano Family who has been making PRODUCTION 40,000 bottles PRODUCER The wine is named wine in the region since 1871. after the brothers, or fratelli, The Sartirano Family handles A nton io a nd R ai m ond o L evis, who all aspects of the winemaking founded the winery in 1938. Both while still holding true to had a passion for the Nebbiolo the Fratelli’s original ideals— grape, which led them to the producing honest, classically Langhe region. The brothers’ styled wines.