Brovia, Barolo DOCG

Over the past two decades, the Brovia family has risen from relative obscurity to today enjoying a status as one of the undisputed top producers in Barolo. The family’s pride is a small collection of top vineyard sites in Barolo’s top villages of Serralunga d’Alba and Castiglione Falletto. Their top sites are Villero, Rocche, Brea, and Garblet Sué. The Brovia family bottles these four individual “crus” separately and releases them as the estate’s premium-priced, top wines. But what many collectors don’t realize is that their basic normale cuvée, today’s offer, is actually a blend of all the top vineyards in one bottle; suffice it to say, there is absolutely nothing “normal” about it.   All of the Brovia family’s vines are meticulously farmed in accordance with organic method, and all of the fruit is harvested by hand and gently pressed into stainless steel tanks for fermentation. Just like the estate’s top “cru” bottlings, this wine is then split into a mix of mostly old (and a few n