Cascina Corte, Dogliani (Langhe, Piedmont, Italy) 2011

This is a very well made, firm, serious, balanced rendition of Dolcetto from Piedmont’s Dogliani region.  The only strike against the wine is that it is clearly overshadowed by its stablemate, the “Pirochetta Vecchie Vigne” bottling from this producer from the 2009 vintage, which is also a current release in the USA.  If you can find the 2009, it is unquestionably worth the extra $6, but if this is the only wine you can manage to track down, snap it up immediately.