Two Baroli at Tre Galli, Torino

Tasted Saturday, June 18, 2016 by HowardNZ with 266 views

Introduction

Tre Galli has a superb wine list at over 56 pages ... We thought a 1993 Gaja Sperss might be more approachable than a 1999 or 1996 so we asked to have that opened before we got there. We had the 2004 Brovia Villero popped and poured. Tre Galli on a Saturday night was lively, the traditional Piemontese cuisine excellent and the wines a great accompaniment ...

Flight 1 (2 Notes)

  • 2004 Fratelli Brovia Barolo Villero

    Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo

    Popped and poured. Nice aromatics that developed over the three or so hours open (decant at least five hours ahead). Little secondary nuances with lots of dark cherry and other dark fruits. A little melted road tar. More violets than rose perfume. Pure and clean on palate, with the structure and fine grained tannins coming through on the end. Austerity on the mid palate, reflecting the vintage. Nothing sweet fruited here, lots of dry tannin. The wine matched well the fishy tang of my Piemontese raw beef and anchovies. Good but a little outclassed and 'one note' next to the Gaja. Give this wine 5-10 more years, minimum.

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  • 1993 Gaja Barolo Sperss

    Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo

    Decanted three hours before we began tasting (it could have used more). A detailed, complex nose, initially tartufi neri and other fungi, forest floor and wet tobacco leaf. Evolving and improving over the night, moving more scented and floral. The palate did not move during the evening, seeming younger than the bouquet or the vintage suggested. Beautiful, silky tannins, totally in tune with the acids. Very intense and complex. A lot of dark cherry and other black fruit, hoisin, balsamico and creosote. On the mid palate the scale and structure hits you ... This is a big, serious wine. It paired very well with my sirloin and ash extra virgin olive oil dish, and then with the most mature cheeses. Perhaps not quite up there with the very best Sperss vintages I've had, but a damn fine Barolo. Seemingly now in its optimal drinking window.

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