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Brovia, Barolo Garblet Sue 2018
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Reviewed by: Antonio Galloni
The 2018 Barolo Garblèt Sue' is a very hard wine to taste. It shows very little depth, a short, attenuated finish, little complexity and very few of the signatures of this Castiglione Falletto site.
Reviewed by: Antonio Galloni
The 2018 Barolo Garblèt Sue' is a very hard wine to taste. It shows very little depth, a short, attenuated finish, little complexity and very few of the signatures of this Castiglione Falletto site.
Reviewed by: Monica Larner
The Brovia 2018 Barolo Garblèt Sue' reveals a fine texture with seamless aromas of purple and red forest fruits that appear delicately and softly. Those lifted primary notes are followed by a filigree of spice, tar, truffle and fragrant earth. The wine closes with a pretty floral note that is a mix of rose and violet. This is one of the most elegant wines of the vintage.
Reviewed by: James Suckling
Simple, medium-to light-bodied red with some decent dried-cherry fruit. Tight, but there’s no real structure or promise this year and it becomes a good but simple drink. Drink now.
About the Producer
Brovia was founded in 1863 and remains to this day a small, family owned and run winery. Broiva has one of the most impressive vineyards collection in the entire Barolo: 19 hectares of vineyards in Castiglione Falletto and Serralunga d'Alba which read like a list of the greatest vineyards in Barolo: Garbèt Suѐ, Rocche, Villero in Castiglione Falletto, and Brea in Serralunga d’Alba. Brovia’s production is tiny, around 60,000 bottles of wines per annum (half of it are Barolo). Yields in the vineyard and also in the winemaking are kept very low to produce the best wines. Brovia practices organic farming, uses natural yeast fermentation, maceration time is around 20-25 days. The wines are aged in the most traditionist method: in 3,000 liters botti (big barrels) until it is ready for bottling unfiltered.
