Barolo, Bricco Fiasco, 2013

Name: Barolo, Bricco Fiasco
Brand: Azelia
Price: 538.25 GBP

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justerini & brooks tasting note

A pungent, sweetly-scented nose, seductive ripe but bright fruit with the emphasis on red berries - particularly warm sweet early-summer strawberries. Juicy, floral and fruity with a touch of woody sweet spice. Very pretty and charming with enough grip and backbone to hold the fruit in place. 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

95/100Monica Larner,Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2013 Barolo Bricco Fiasco shows exceptional balance in this terrific vintage. The wine starts slowly but increases in a steady upswing of intensity and complexity as it takes on air in the glass. This vineyard located in Castiglione Falletto was planted in the 1940s, and the vines are now 80 years old, on average. They are at their production prime, especially when it comes to the nuanced and finessed fruit produced. The soils here show a larger percentage of sand compared to neighboring Serralunga d'Alba, and the wine is more fruit forward and elegant as a result. The bouquet offers pressed rose, violets and warm autumnal notes. Only 6,300 bottles were produced. This is a terrific wine.

DRINKING WINDOW 2018 - 2032

date of review 08/2017

93/100Antonio Galloni,Vinous

The 2013 Barolo Bricco Fiasco is one of the most gracious and delicate wines I have ever tasted from this site. Sweet red cherry, kirsch, mint, cranberry and white pepper give the 2013 its distinctive high-toned personality. Moreover, the firm, searing tannins that are so typical of this site are remarkably polished. Readers should expect an aromatic, perfumed Barolo built on grace more than power. The Bricco Fiasco was aged in French oak barrels, with about 10% new wood.

DRINKING WINDOW 2019 - 2033

date of review 02/2017