The 2016 Cepparello is dense, dark and also very closed in on itself. Those qualities bode well for the future, but readers will have to be patient, as the 2016 is going to need at least a few years to come into its own. Black cherry, plum, lavender, spic...
Azelia's 2016 Barolo is a blend of fruit from two parcels in Castiglione Falletto and five in Serralunga, with the character of Serralunga especially felt in the wine's tannic grip and persistence. Iron, sage, mint, smoke and wild cherry give the Barolo s...
The 2016 Chianti Classico is a gorgeous wine that very much captures the essence of the house style. Bright floral and savory notes, sweet red cherry fruit, tobacco and mint are all finely knit in this super-appealing, mid-weight Chianti Classico from Iso...
Our awaited 2021 vintage is finally in stock and likely to sell quickly since cru single vineyard pricing keeps going up. Now is the chance to get some of the normale Barolo from Brovia a wine made from Crus Brea (Ca Mia) in Serralunga, and Villero an Rocche Castiglione in Castiglione Faletto. The wine is always made in an elegant style showing a balance, a finesse and underlying power giving potential to cellar. I have long been impressed with the consistency of quality from the winery even the young vines fruit delivers. Made with traditional methods of long fermentation and aging in large Slavonian oak casks . Even when drunk young this wine will capture your palate with the fine tannin, floral notes of roses, tar and violet with flavors of dried cherry and spice. Tim Adams MacBev Italian wine guy
The 2020 Barolo Garblèt Sue’ is a very pleasant, almost shockingly open young Barolo for this site. Wild flowers, crushed rose petal, anise, mint, spice and blood orange are all beautifully amplified. The Garblèt Sue’ is usually marked by incisive, for...
On a shortlist of "annata" wines to buy from Piedmont this year is the Brovia 2019 Barolo. Made from a blend of fruit from Castiglione Falletto and Serralunga d'Alba, this wine delivers a very sharp and chiseled performance that puts a priority on directn...
The 2018 Barolo Villero is laser sharp and etched with ferrous mineral notes next to wild berry, cherry, cola, campfire ash and grilled rosemary. This elegant, mid-weight wine shows a very long finish and should not disappoint on the cellar-aging front. I...
The Brovia 2018 Barolo Garblèt Sue' reveals a fine texture with seamless aromas of purple and red forest fruits that appear delicately and softly. Those lifted primary notes are followed by a filigree of spice, tar, truffle and fragrant earth. The wine cl...