Giuseppe Rinaldi Dolcetto d'Alba 2024 CACOFFER Alejandro Fernandez — the man

Alejandro Fernandez — the man widely credited with dragging Ribera del Duero into the modern era — bought this estate near Roa in 1987 as the family's dedicated second home for Tempranillo

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but with the complexity of traditional method Champagne if you're into that

Giuseppe Rinaldi Dolcetto d'Alba 2024 CACOFFER Alejandro Fernandez — the manGiuseppe Rinaldi makes some of the world's greatest Barolo, the kind you can't drink every day, but the cantina's "little wines" let you visit this hallowed address far more often. Don't be fooled by the modest name: at Rinaldi the lesser grapes get treated much like the Barolo, with daughters Carlotta and Marta carrying on their late father Beppe's uncompromising traditional style. Dolcetto means "little sweet one," but it makes a dry, dark, almost