From the rear of the freezer a terracotta dish of ‘pasta sauce’, a frozen block of something indescribable, which, on defrosting, reveals itself as beef and tomato with pancetta cubes.

As the sauce splutters in the pan, the pasta draining in the sink, chopped herbs and grated cheese waiting as a garnish on the side, a thought manifests – “we need a bloody wine!”
A hideous silver label clings to a bottle of Dolcetto; frankly it is so bad it is degrading my wine rack! Inside though a crisp little number that is soon splashed into the sauce and dripped over my brand new tasting note book…

I watch as a dribble escapes down the bottles side, a victim of gravity, and think how that is going to ruin the photograph I am going to take tomorrow.
Hunger entices a chunk of crunchy Parmigiano into a hand; a slurp of the Dolcetto and a moment of pleasure as wine and cheese flavours meld and intermingle.

Review0.3
Wine Tasting Note: Via Collina Dolcetto di Diano d’Alba, 2007, Piedmonte, Italy.
Stockist: Waitrose Price: currently on offer at £5.49 (£1.50 off) [More on Adegga / Snooth]
A joyous vibrancy, a lightness that lifts the brooding, deep flavours of the well-flavoured pasta sauce. Lifts is perhaps the wrong word. The wine counters the deep autumnal flavours of the sauce with a burst of freshness and red berry and cherry flavours. Medium-bodied, simple, fresh flavours, reasonably good length. Alcohol 13.5%.

Andrew BarrowScribblings Rating – 86/100 [3.25 out of 5]

Not a wine to linger and ponder over but occassionally a light, fresh, drinkable, immediate wine is all you need – great with the tomato based sauce and also recommended with pork or risotto.
[An entry to Wine Blogging Wednesday #54 A Passion for Piedmonte]