Barolo, Bricco Fiasco, 2012

Name: Barolo, Bricco Fiasco
Brand: Azelia
Price: 1068.65 GBP

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justerini & brooks tasting note

Aromatic, red summer fruit flavours of strawberry and raspberry with notes of red cherry and mineral too. Vital, haunting and very refined with great length and tremendous lift to the finish. Elegance and intensity. The Bricco Fiasco is a relatively sandy plot at the top of the Fiasco hill in Castiglione Falletto, planted with 70 year old vines. Contrary to the regular Barolo the wine is aged in oak barriques, but only 10% new wood, again to limit oak influence - a direction Azelia have been going in for some years now. This sandy soil gives incredibly aromatic and fruity characteristics to the wine.

critic reviews

90+/100Monica Larner,Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2012 Barolo Bricco Fiasco is a dark Nebbiolo with good structure and a linear approach. There are distant notes of cured meat, leather and spice that play a supporting role to dark fruit and plum. The finish is long and shows good complexity. This is a well built Barolo that needs extra years of cellar aging before it loses its baby fat.

DRINKING WINDOW 2017 - 2028

date of review 01/2017

92/100Antonio Galloni,Vinous

The 2012 Barolo Bricco Fiasco is wonderfully lifted and precise in the glass, qualities that aren't typical of this renowned site in Castiglione Falletto. Crushed rose petals, anise, mint and red cherry all meld together. In 2012, the Bricco Fiasco is decidedly feminine and gracious, with striking aromatics but less of the muscle than is often present. The 2012 should drink well with minimal cellaring. Although not especially representative of its origins, the 2012 is a very pretty wine in its own right.

DRINKING WINDOW 2018 - 2032

date of review 03/2016