Brovia, Barolo Villero, 2021

Castiglione Falletto's Villero vineyard has a storied reputation for balancing sheer power with elegance, and Brovia's 2021 proves why. This is Nebbiolo at its most structured: wild rose and cedar aromas open into a palate of succulent red cherry, strawberry, and white pepper, underpinned by fine-grained tannins that promise decades of evolution. Brovia's traditional approach—long maceration and aging in large neutral oak casks—lets the vineyard's south-facing clay-limestone soils sing without oak imprint. The wine achieves that rare combination of depth and precision that Villero is known for.