Brovia, Barolo Garblet Sue

Brovia, Barolo Garblet SueBrovias 2008 Barolo Garblet Sue bursts from the glass with a heady array of black fruit, smoke, incense and licorice. The Garblet Sue, from the Bricco Fiasco vineyard in Castiglione, is usually a much more linear, tense Barolo, but in 2008 the wine has gorgeous inner perfume allied to a level of pure juiciness that rounds out some of the rough edges that are at times present in this bottling. A huge finish laced with iron, asphalt and crushed rocks

the purity and flavor make this rise above the crowd

This isn’t quite a robust as it usually is though it’s a big wine all the same and will require an extended cellar siesta

24 ha mix of terres rouges and terres blanches but with a bit more of the former)

sweet and energetic on the penetrating finish

28 ha parcel of 30+ year old vines in Calouère – the first vintage was 1979

full and intense flavors brimming with power and muscle yet this by no means lacks for grace or elegance on the reserved but driving finish

(from vines planted in 1986 and located in very compact

and if you look at the figures the alcohol is only 13

Champonnets is always better in very warm and/or hot vintages and 2018 is a fine example of that

(the 5+ ha Clos is composed of approximately 80% Petits Epenots and 20% Grands Epenots

(87-90)/2014+

all following through to a full-bodied palate