Brovia Barolo Villero 2016 750ml

The 2016 Villero captures the essence of Castiglione Falletto – that evocative perfume and graceful elegance with a stately structure. Bay leaf and moist earth nuances mingle with wild berries. Decidedly red and black currants on the palate and saline in minerality. Long, tactile tannins dissolve slowly and acidity is lip-smacking. Brilliantly understated power. Brovia’s four ‘cru’ bottlings make for an excellent study of Barolo’s diversity as winemaking is identical for each – spontaneous fermentation in cement, three to four-week maceration and ageing in large botti. From a 1.5ha plot planted in 1961,

• Country: Italy
• Region: Piedmont
• Appellation: Barolo
• Size: 750ml
• Color: Red

Varietal

Nebbiolo

The Nebbiolo grape varietal is widely understood to be the fruit responsible for Italy’s finest aged wines. However, its popularity and reliability as a grape which gives out outstanding flavors and aromas has led it to be planted in many countries around the world, with much success. These purple grapes are distinguishable by the fact that they take on a milky dust as they begin to reach maturity, leading many to claim that this is the reason for their unusual name, which means ‘fog’ in Italian. Nebbiolo grapes produce wines which have a wide range of beautiful and fascinating flavors, the most common of which are rich, dark and complex, such as violet, truffle, tobacco and prunes. They are generally aged for many years to balance out their characteristics, as their natural tannin levels tend to be very high.