Fattoria San Giuliano is a farm with a total of fifteen acres in Roero and Barbaresco’s Neive. Giulio Pastura and his wife Mariella do most of the farming and vinification themselves, producing a range of wine from Arneis and Moscatto through Barbera, Dolcetto, and Barbaresco. With a mixture of traditional and modern techniques, they aim to make wine that is distinct, sharply defined, and – at least with this Dolcetto – powerful. Peacocks roam their vineyards to control pests, and the wine has a similarly colorful personality. Aromas of deep, juicy black cherry, cranberry, rose petal, calcareous limestone clay, and black pepper burst out of the glass vividly dark. The palate offers more intensely dark cherry fruit and a bundle of Piedmontese herbs wrapped around long, silky tannins that reveal the measured yet vigorous skin extraction technique used in the winery, to express every ounce of Dolcetto’s vivid, dark and spicy palate.This is a wine for hard cheeses, savory meat dishes and herb-rich stews.