Barolo, Bricco Fiasco, 2018

Name: Barolo, Bricco Fiasco
Brand: Azelia
Price: 510.32 GBP

Available Vintages

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justerini & brooks tasting note

Clearly riper and more powerful than the regular Barolo. Sweetly scented open fruit - lively red berry and cherry fruit with a gripping classic edge to it without being too austere. Crisp, crunchy but ripe and with good 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. This sandy soil gives incredibly aromatic and fruity characteristics to the wine. Since 2016 the wine has been aged exclusively in large oak botti, for two years.

critic reviews

94/100Monica Larner,Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2018 Barolo Bricco Fiasco reveals a dark and brooding character with dark fruit, iron ore, rusty earth, tar and licorice. It shows enormous precision and sharpness, especially in terms of the bouquet, with tight tannins and nice acidity.

DRINKING WINDOW 2024 - 2044

date of review 08/2022

94/100Susan Hulme,The Wine Independent

The 2018 Azelia Barolo Bricco Fiasco has smoke, coffee and cream top notes and sweet oak spice. It has a much firmer, more angular style on the palate, with very long fine-edged tannins and a lingering, fine silkiness. It is very structured but is coated with a charm derived from modern, clean, focused winemaking and a careful use of oak - very impressive. Wait 2 years - it should last 15-20 at least.

DRINKING WINDOW 2024 - 2037

date of review 07/2022

86/100Antonio Galloni,Vinous

The 2018 Barolo Bricco Fiasco is light, washed out and lacking in both depth and complexity. There is just not much here, sadly. Faded color and dried out fruit are impossible to look past.

DRINKING WINDOW 2021 - 2028

date of review 02/2022