Barolo, Villero, 2022
Silkier and deeper than the Rocche, more horizontal, with creamy fruit and a more strapping style (typical of the warmer site), but it is far from one-dimensional, offering gorgeous fruit weight and hearty structure, through to a sustained finish. Brovia’s average vine age here is over 60 years old, planted on a good proportion of hard clay under sand. Southwest-facing at 300m, Villero has less air circulation and receives the warmer afternoon sun. Aged in large, used oak casks for two years.
critic reviews
The 2022 Barolo Villero is a potent, driving wine. As always, its tannic spine is very much front and center. Sage, mint, tobacco, dried leaves, incense and dark red fruit race across the palate. Here too, the wine impresses with its delineation, site character and overall depth, all qualities that are hard to find in 2022. Give this a few years to soften.