Barolo Rocche di Castiglione, Brovia 2017

This has very pretty sweetness of fruit to it, with dried strawberries and cherries, walnuts, and light cocoa powder. It’s medium-to-full-bodied with creamy tannins and a subtle finish. Better in three or four years. 

Try after 2025

A release of about 5,000 bottles, the Brovia 2017 Barolo Rocche di Castiglione offers a very elegant take on a wild and hot vintage that was only sometimes easy to tame. The wine's aromatic profile can be described as ripe because you get a generous dose of fragolino di bosco wild strawberry), peach and orange blossom. Like the Villero, that ripeness is mitigated by the pretty mineral note that frames the bouquet. That dusty crushed limestone is more prominent in the case of the Rocche di Castiglione. However, the mouthfeel is a touch more compact and slenderer in the case of this wine. The tannins are silky and fine, but it would be nice to return to this bottle in five years or more when the wine has had the chance to flesh out further.

Drink 2024 - 2038