Barolo, Bricco Fiasco, 2021

Azelia’s Bricco Fiasco 2021 is a real shapeshifter of a wine. Initially it presented a darker than usual character, more bound up and restless for this typically ripe, finessed site. With air though, it emerged redder and more floral, refreshing and stony, as you’d hope it to be. The 2021 has real cut and focus, a more sculpted and acid-driven expression this year. The Bricco Fiasco is a relatively sandy plot at the top of the Fiasco hill in Castiglione Falletto, planted with 70-plus year-old vines. Since 2016 the wine has been aged exclusively in large oak botti, for two years.