Brovia, Nebbiolo, Barolo, Piedmont, Italy 2020

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Brovia, Nebbiolo, Barolo, Piedmont, Italy 2020In 1863 Giacinto Brovia founded the Brovia estate in the village of Castiglione Falletto, in the heart of the Barolo district. The family has been continually engaged in the growing of grapes and the production of wine since that time. The phylloxera plague, economic upheaval and two wars interrupted production for almost 30 years but, in 1953, two brothers, Giacinto and Raffaele, grandchildren of the founder, resumed full scale wine production.

with flavors of cranberries

as well as a pleasant note reminiscent of toasted bread

The fermentation is thermally controlled and the movement of the wine from tank to barrel is done through vacuum aspiration - without oxygen contact

The Bürklin-Wolf estate was one of the “Three Bs of the Pfalz”: historically

"When I tried wine out of the [Double Bend Allround] glass—and I often taste the same wine out of four or five glasses—what I noticed was how focused the aromatics were

and then aged for a minimum of 10 years in American oak casks

the wine ages in large barrels of varied maturity for six to eight months followed by three months in bottle

fresh mint and the umami flavors of kombu sea kelp are rounded out by a beautiful lasting creamy almond finish

Lemon sherbet and toasty peach define this rich but airy wine

En la Taupe and Les Crenilles

giving life to a liquor with an elegant and aristocratic character

Montevertine’s policy of strict reliance on Sangiovese with a small complement of Colorino and Canaiolo is in direct contradiction to the approach of super-Tuscan estates

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