Piemonte
2016 Broccardo - Barolo Paiagallo
From a vineyard site in the comune of Barolo at the heart of the appellation, the Broccardo 2016 Barolo Paiagallo shows a dense and loosely knit textural fiber with solid heft and power that gives the wine a heavy center of gravity. This is more of a brai...
2016 Broccardo - Barolo Ravera
Extremely perfumed with dried flowers, such as roses, as well as plums. It's full-bodied and rich with creamy, integrated tannins and an intense finish. Chewy, but polished. Drink after 2022.
2019 Brovia - Barolo
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...
2022 Brovia - Roero DOCG Arneis
Producer notes: "The sole white wine of the estate is produced in the Roero district from an 0.80 hectare plot in Vezza d’Alba. The soil is essentially sandy in composition and sits at 340 meters altitude on south-facing slopes. The vineyard was planted in 1980. Harvest (manual) normally occurs in mid-September. The grapes are briefly macerated and the fermentation occurs at controlled temperatures (around 15 degrees Celsius) for two to three weeks. The wine rests in stainless steel until the early spring months of the following year and is usually released to the market, after several months of bottle aging, in late summer/early fall
2018 Brovia - Barolo Ca Mia
The 2018 Barolo Brea Vigna Ca' Mia is a generous, medium-bodied wine with fruit from Serralunga d’Alba. The bouquet reveals brooding tones of black fruit, tarry smoke, plum, iron ore and ferrous earth. The wine is quite elegant and polished, yet the power...
2018 Brovia - Barolo Garblet Sue
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...
2018 Brovia - Barolo Villero
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...
2017 Brovia - Barolo Rocche di Castiglione
A release of about 5,000 bottles, the Brovia 2017 Barolo Rocche di Castiglione offers a very elegant take on a wild and hot vintage that was not always easy to tame. The wine's aromatic profile can be described as ripe for sure because you get a generous ...
2018 Bruno Giacosa - Barolo
A fine and pretty Barolo with plenty of strawberry and mushroom character. White truffle, too. It’s medium-to full-bodied and creamy with medium, round tannins. Delicious now and will improve nicely.