Giuseppe Rinaldi Dolcetto d'Alba 2024 NO20231108 and a stony Friulian salinity

and a stony Friulian salinity that makes you reach for the next sip

The rum influence adds tropical sweetness and toffee that plays beautifully against Lagavulin's signature peat smoke and maritime brine

made in collaboration with fifth-generation SB farmer Mike Testa and Jamil Williams

Rather than leaning on any single vineyard

The Mascarello holding is approximately two-thirds of a hectare

Giuseppe Rinaldi Dolcetto d'Alba 2024 NO20231108 and a stony Friulian salinityGiuseppe 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