2009 Barolo Brovia

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The first visit on my September tour of the best Barolo and Barbaresco addresses gave me my first taste of the potential greatness of the 2010 vintage for Piedmont nebbiolo."For us it's an epic, historical vintage," said Cristina Brovia."But the wines are hard now and will need time to find their balance.""It has the potential to be a 30-year vintage," added her sister Elena.I tasted these wines from tank, where they were awaiting bottling, and they indeed have the potential to be one of the best set of Barolos ever produced at this address.In comparison, added Alex Sanchez, Elena's husband and general manager, "the 2011s are more typical wines than the hot-year 2007s, but also have a lot of fruit."Alcohol levels for the estate's 2009 Barolos were actually lower than those of the 2008s, and the '09s maintained good freshness, he added, noting that some Barolos at other addresses show more evidence of the warmer year.

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Brovia typically bottles their straight Barolo later than their single-vineyard offerings, but the wine is always worth the wait, as it is again in 2009. The Brovia Barolo is one of Piedmont's great under the radar jewels.

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Brovia's 2009 Barolos are quite pretty, but like so many wines in this vintage, they are a bit on the light side, both in terms of color and structure. As such, I would prefer to drink the wines on the early side. The estate continues to move towards more natural farming practices, and beginning with the 2010 vintage, the vineyards are 100% biologically farmed.

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