Azelia - Barolo 2019
Price: $62.99
Sale Price: $49.99
Luigi Scavino’s small family run Azelia winery is one of the real gems of Barolo. Scavino’s judicious use of oak for ageing (mainly large cask and usually neutral) produces pure vibrant expressions of Nebbiolo that are in a class of their own. Scavino produces this blend of his best sites to be enjoyed upon release, a taste of the greatness of the vintage to be consumed over the next decade or so. This is the wine I’ll be drinking while I let the more pricey Cru bottlings age a little longer.
Azelia’s classico bottling is a blend of fruit from seven single vineyard sites. And since 2016 a large amount comes from the incredible Cerretta Cru! This site was made famous by Giacomo Conterno, his wines sell for over $300 a bottle and that’s if you can find them. Of course there’s fruit from Bricco Fiasco, Margheria, and San Rocca too, all superb sites in their own right.
Wine Advocate: 93 Points
"The 2019 Barolo has a pretty bouquet that is laced with light fruit, licorice and lots of blue flower. On the palate, the wine is mid-weight and lively. This is a nice expression of classic Nebbiolo that shows depth and elegance. It ferments with ambient yeasts and sees 40 days of extended maceration with submerged cap. This 29,400-bottle production represents a blend of fruit from seven sites: Altenasso and Solanotto in Castiglione Falletto, a part of Cerretta, the younger part of Bricco Voghera where the vines are from 55 to 60 years old, part of San Rocco, and Cerrati and Broglio in Serralunga d'Alba.”
James Suckling: 93 Points
A fine-tannined and very pretty Barolo with cherry, strawberry and orange peel aromas and flavors. Medium body. Fine tannins and a bright finish. Drinkable but better in two or three years.
Wine Spectator: 92 Points
Decanter: 92 Points
From 5.5 hectares in Castiglione Falletto, including a selection from Bricco Voghera – from which Luigi and Lorenzo Scavino usually pick the grapes for their Riserva. Here is a Barolo full of details: intense sweet violet and cinnamon aromas with smoky minerality, pomegranate and red currants. The freshness on the nose is allied to a lot of sucrosity on the palate, with lifted acidity and firm, dusty and even slightly rustic tannins. Good concentration for a village Barolo, and one of the greatest price-quality ratios.
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