1995 Fratelli Brovia Barolo Rocche dei Brovia

Community Tasting Notes (11) Avg Score: 92.1 points

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  1/9/2021 - aagrawal wrote: 90 Points

  Very tight cork removed with a Durand. Despite standing up for months, still sediment in the last ~3oz which was left in the bottle. Light ruby with age-appropriate bricking; aromatic, roses, tar, more floral than red fruited; palate is light bodied, fully integrated tannins, immediate soy and balsamic with medium-plus to high acidity which gives the palate a mouthwatering feel, medium alcohol (13.5%), red cherry throughout the midpalate; finish is medium length. Largely similar to my last bottle 2 years ago, and my overall impressions are the same (ie: good but not great Barolo with balance but lacking complexity, at maturity and drink up now). 90

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  1/29/2019 - aagrawal wrote: 92 Points

  Dinner with the wine group (Zazie's, San Francisco): Double decanted 2 hours. Really pretty nose with elegant red fruit, lovely spice; palate is a bit drying, has lost a bit of fruit, high acid, tannins well integrated; medium finish. The nose is excellent, the palate shows a bit tired. Still a pleasure. 91-92
  Initially the nose was the strength here, but that faded a bit especially compared to the Vajra.

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  6/14/2013 - guitarkim Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Consistent with last note. Excellent!

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  4/12/2011 - Eric Guido Likes this wine: 90 Points

  1995: Barolo Retrospective (i Trulli, NYC): The nose showed stemmed strawberries, cinnamon and roses with a slight vegetal note. On the palate, it was full-bodied with focused black cherry and tobacco. The finish turned to a pretty expression of sour red fruits.

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  3/10/2011 - Matt Neel wrote:

  Quite deep Nebbiolo red, good bricking. Nose is absent of character, very odd; fresh though. Certainly Nebbiolo dust and fruit, but no bouquet character at all. Second day same. Quite light in palate impression, medium body. Where is the wine? Stripped somehow, is my guess. Super-young vines? Pasteurized? Nothing showed up, ever. 2nd day the same or a bit less; certainly less of the at-best Lolita fruit. A bit of a dictionary entry on what fine Nebbiolo is, totally without passion: without a sentence, lacking a paragraph, short of a chapter, and certainly an empty space in the case where there should be a book...
  
  A good friend with very serious wine experience asked: "why are you drinking 95 brovia now? they are old school. probably needs another 10 at least."
  
  My response: "This wine was not closed; it is lacking in substance. I know the difference (though I am perfectly willing to be wrong on this and eat my words in years to come). The wine is not hard, or unyielding, or mute (or "reductive," the currently favored term of art), or clenched, or any of those sorts of adjectives I would normally think of to imply closed. It is a somewhat charming runt -- again, certainly displaying varietal characteristics, but rather like a kid who never grew/could grow up; has held, in stasis, but not evolved. Stripped."

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