Barolo, Rocche di Castiglione
Fratelli Brovia

Barolo, Rocche di Castiglione


Destination

vintage


portfolio

Portfolio
These wines are in stock and are available for delivery at your convenience.


2017

6x75cl

DP

£554.42


2017

1x1.5L

DP

£205.61


2018

75cl

DP

£92.40


2018

6x75cl

DP

£554.42


En primeur

En Primeur
The following wines are either En Primeur or Ex-Chateau and currently abroad awaiting shipment to the UK. These wines are subject to final confirmation from the Justerini & Brooks team.


2020

6x75cl

EP

£525.00


2020

6x75cl

EP

£525.00


2020

3x1.5L

EP

£570.00


2020

3x1.5L

EP

£570.00



Fratelli Brovia, Barolo, Rocche di Castiglione, 2017

2017

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Fratelli Brovia, Barolo, Rocche di Castiglione, 2017

There is a welcome breadth and generosity of fruit, providing body to cover the tight and crispy tannins. Lifting floral notes strike first, followed by a refreshing sapidity and bitter herb freshness. The fruit is a little darker than usual, brambles mixing with loganberries as well as a touch of mint and cassis leaf. The wine focuses and refines even more with air and finishes with an unerring clarity and tension. A steep, south-east facing Castiglione vineyard with a touch of sand in the clay soils giving fresh, fragrant, elegant wines. Aged in large used oak casks for two years.

Maturity:
Keep
ABV:
14.5%
92/100
Antonio Galloni, Vinous

The 2017 Barolo Rocche di Castiglione is delicate and perfumed from the outset. Crushed flowers, sweet red berry fruit, cedar, mint and licorice all open in the glass. The 2017 is a classic Rocche - gracious, medium in body and super-finessed. The ripeness of the year comes through in the wine's flavor profile, but all the elements are so well balanced. The only thing missing is a bit of depth, and that leaves the finish feeling just a bit dry.
Date Reviewed:
02/2021

specifications

country:
Italy

region:
Piedmont

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Allergen Information:
This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.


Fratelli Brovia

Fratelli Brovia

Brovia are a traditional Barolo producer, in the winemaking sense not in the vineyard sense. That is to say yields are low but the fermentations are natural and happen in cement tanks before ageing in large old oak casks for 3 years. The estate is situated in Castiglione Falleto between Azelia and Scavino, their vineyards are spread over the Castiglione and Serralunga communes. The wines are pure, characterful and gripping but in a very gentle and moreish style, they have great intensity and charm whilst also expressing individuality and reflect the distinct differences between their great terroirs.

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