89 points Vinous Media
Drinking window: 2026 - 2034
The 2024 Dolcetto d'Alba is a wine of extreme elegance and finesse. Floral, bright and sculpted, the 2024 is classic all the way. Crushed flowers, blue-toned fruit, licorice and subtle spice notes are finely delineated. There's just a touch of reduction, but in this case it just adds to the wine's super-classic personality.

This is a magnificent set of new releases from Luca Roagna. The wines are perhaps a touch more open than they can be in more austere years, and yet they offer tons of classicism. Roagna gave the 2020 Barbarescos and Barolos a whopping 60 days on the skins, with spontaneous primary and secondary fermentations. The wines were aged for about 2.5 years in cask and then cement. Because of some practical considerations, the 2020s were bottled about a month later than normal. The Roagna Barolos and Barbarescos can seem a bit ethereal in the early going, but they often fill out with time in bottle. The wines also respond quite well to air, so I would not be afraid to open them in advance. Lastly, there is no new release of the flagship Barbaresco Crichët Pajé this year, as Roagna did not bottle the 2017.