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Barolo, Brea Vigna Ca'Mia
Fratelli Brovia

Barolo, Brea Vigna Ca'Mia, 2017

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justerini & brooks tasting note

This most aromatically expressive of the range. The generous silky fruit is well defined and hemmed in by fine-grained, pixelated tannins. The palate is replete with full, curvaceous and broad-ranging flavours of plum, red berry, bramble, blood-orange, iron and sweet spice, all of which are fused with a well-intergrated tangy saltiness. Dense and broad, the expansive glossy fruit and full body rendering the tannic structure invisible, initially. Only after a little aeration and a couple of sips does the stature and build of the wine become abundantly clear. Very impressive.The oldest vines on the estate. A 60-year-old Serralunga vineyard with a relatively high amount of limestone soils as well as clay that faces south east - situated on the eastern side of the commune.

critic reviews

93/100Monica Larner,Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2017 Barolo Brea Vigna Ca' Mia sources its fruit from old vines planted in Serralunga d'Alba. This site is known for power and structure, although this hot-vintage expression treads with surprisingly light and delicate footprints. Instead of overt ripeness (like the kind we saw in the two Brovia wines from Castiglione Falletto), the Brea is salty and mineral driven. It shows subdued primary fruit framed by iron ore, rusty nail and dusty terracotta. The jury is out on the wine's aging potential, as a bit more fruit padding might have served well to carry it forward over the years. To my palate, this release has taken the biggest hit from the challenging vintage and is a bit dried out compared to past editions. 5,000 bottles were produced.

DRINKING WINDOW 2024 - 2038
date of review 06/2021
93/100Antonio Galloni,Vinous

The 2017 Barolo Brea Vigna Ca' Mia is an exotic, intriguing wine. Sage, mint, black cherry, gravel, licorice, rose petal and smoke infuse the Ca' Mia with a good deal of Serralunga wildness. There is plenty of tannin, so readers will have to be patient. Even so, the 2017 comes across as a bit light in body and overall depth relative to the norm.

DRINKING WINDOW 2025 - 2037
date of review 02/2021

product details

Country:
Italy
Region:
Piedmont
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abv:
14.5%