Barolo Rocche di Castiglione, Azienda Agriciola Brovia 2015

The Brovia 2015 Barolo Rocche di Castiglione (the last wine I tasted in this series of cru expressions) opens to the darkest color of this series, with a firm core of black fruit. This wine is silky and satiny in terms of texture—one of the trademarks of this sandy-soil cru in Castiglione Falletto—but don't underestimate that structural firmness that holds it tightly together. It would take nicely to veal involtini with asparagus. 2021-2040

Castiglione Falletto. 'As soon as the fermentation ends we take a couple of days to decide if we prolong the period the wine stays on the skins. Some years are slow, other years are faster. In 2017 you had a very minimal maceration because it depends on the year. You can only prolong the maceration on the basis of the quality of the tannins. In 2017 we did very few pumping overs, because the tannins should never unbalance the wine. The Rocche di Castiglione already seems very complete and delicious but it should get three more years.' Youthful mid ruby. Lifted perfumed raspberry fruit nose but still a little closed. Great purity of fruit. Crushed raspberry fruit palate with lots of juicy acidity and fine, powdery tannins. Very elegant and complete and great aromatic build-up of fresh red fruit on the finish. 2022-2032