Brovia, Barolo Garblet Sue other_regions_italy There is a lovely sense

There is a lovely sense of energy to the nicely delineated flavors that terminate in a saline-inflected if somewhat simple finish

The 2001 Sori Tildin is stellar

While the tannins will undoubtedly soften with time in bottle

with no trace of overripeness

restrained and admirably pure nose is composed of various red berry fruit

Brovia, Barolo Garblet Sue other_regions_italy There is a lovely senseBrovias 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