Il Palazzotto Dolcetto di Diano d'Alba Sori Santa Lucia 2020

Paolo Olivero is a small farmer in the little hilltop village of Diano d'Alba, just north of Barolo. He farms 5 hectares of vines and 6 hectares of hazelnut trees. His specialty in wine is producing Dolcetto, but he does produce small quantities of Barbera, Nebbiolo, and Roero Arneis. The Olivero family has produced wine on their property for four generations, but it wasn't until after Paolo finished oenology school and worked for another domaine in Diano d'Alba that he returned home to lead the family domaine and bottle their wines.

The "Sorì Santa Lucia" vineyard has great sun exposure ("sorì" in local dialect). It produces a more structured and concentrated wine than the estate's "Sorì Cristina" bottling, featuring dark fruit notes, good depth, and an aging potential of three to five years