Here is another excellent wine from Brovia. The 2020 Barolo Rocche di Castiglione is angular and sharp with fine, firm tannins and a beautiful bouquet that opens slowly to tart cherry aromas, blue flower, crushed stone and fleur de sel. Those mineral sensations cut right into the finish, giving shape and contouring. This is a generous vintage with bright, accessible and incredibly charming qualities. Production is 5,000 bottles.

Castiglione Falletto. Lustrous youthful mid ruby. Subdued except for the immediate minerally notes. Still very closed but layered and complex with a hint of morocco leather. With aeration becomes more perfumed. On the palate fantastic transparency and minerality. Elegant. Great precision and purity. A layer of compact raspberry with long-lasting grip of grainy tannins. Succulent finish but closes up quickly. (WS)