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Brovia 2020

Brovia 2020

Brovia, steadfast interpreters of Piedmontese terroir since 1953, have in the past few years become on the absolute best and most reliable producers in Barolo. These are brilliantly pure, accessible, and ageworthy interpretations of some of the best vineyards in the appellation. We look forward to our Brovia allocation every year maybe more than any other Barolo producer. Brovia deserve a spot in every collector's cellar alongside the legends like Giacosa and Mascarello.

Today, we're pleased to offer Brovia's stunning 2020 Barolo lineup, featuring what might be the best value in Barolo with their entry-level "normale", and their highly coveted single-vineyard bottlings.  A vertical of their coveted single cru wines IN MAGNUM back to 2017!

The Brovia family laid down their roots in Castiglione Falleto, one of the most revered hamlets of Barolo, in 1863. Giacinto Brovia revived viticulture on the property in the 1950s. Since then, Barolo has seen many stylistic swings, but the Brovia family has always remained committed to the classical winemaking traditions that Barolo's reputation rests upon. Macerations are long, aging takes place in massive botti and there's not a stave of new French oak in sight. Their long history in Castiglione has allowed them to amass an incredible stable of holdings in some of Barolo's most celebrated vineyards.  When Giacinto's daughters Elena and Cristina – and Elena's talented husband Alex Sanchez – took over, the Brovia wines really reached a new level of complexity and elegance. Now the wines combine a traditional sensibility with a modern attention to detail, and they are beautifully pure expressions of the place they come from. For me, Brovia is something like platonic ideal of Castiglione Falletto Barolo: big structure and deep minerality combined with lifted florals and lovely, warm fruit.

Every year, it's a joy to taste the Brovia wines. The 2017, 2019, and 2020 vintages see Brovia operating at the peak of their powers, and the incredible wines they turned out   To say that Brovia succeeded here would be an understatement. The power of these vintages comes through in spades, and the new 2020 releases are intense and concentrated, with exotic, wild aromas with their mineral core. And the Barolo normale represents one of the best values in the whole region, as it hails from a combination of Brovia's most prized sites. It offers a complexity and sense of terroir normally found only in other producers' single-vineyard wines. It's an "entry-level" Barolo that's fantastic at every stage of its life, both upon release and with many years of age. 

Wines arrive Friday, November 11th.

Prices are pre-discounted.  No further discounts available. 

The wines have garnered reviews form the mid 90s up to 100 points! 

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