Robert Parker & Antonio Galloni

June  2010 | Wine Advocate Issue #189

Alessandro Dettori makes some of the most unique and compelling wines in Sardinia. Minuscule yields from old vineyards, biodynamic farming and a non-interventionalist approach in the cellar form the backbone of Dettori’s philosophy. The wines are made with natural yeasts and are neither fined nor filtered prior to bottling. At their best, these are profound wines, but they are also totally natural. At times the alcohol levels are high and the wines, which contain very low sulfites, can be fragile. Still, readers seeking to discover the heights of Sardinian oenology owe it to themselves to experience the wines of Alessandro Dettori. This is an excellent set of new releases, although 2006 looks to be an uneven vintage. Dettori will not release.

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Robert Parker & Antonio Galloni

April  2009 | Wine Advocate Issue #182

2005 Dettori Rosso

A Cannonau Dry Red Table wine from Sardinia, Italy.

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Dettori 2006 was the finest Dettori we have ever seen at Badde Nigolosu. During the time that it was maturing in small cement vats, in the summer of 2008, in addition to watching dispiritedly the grapes disappearing from the vines under the attack of powdery mildew, I observed, tired as I was, the fervour of billions of yeast cells, re-awakened, ravenous, and greedy for the good life.

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