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Brovia Barbera d'Alba Sori del Drago 2023

Name: Brovia Barbera d'Alba Sori del Drago 2023
Brand: Elevage [ELE]
SKU: SF-1-ELE--020626-3
Price: 33.99 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

$33⁹⁹

Barbera from a Barolo estate with 160 years of history in Castiglione Falletto. Brovia was founded by Giacinto Brovia in 1863; today Elena Brovia (fourth generation) and her husband Alex Sanchez run the estate, farming organically without formal certification. The Sorì del Drago vineyard—0.8 hectares on a south-southeast slope at 250 meters in the 'Garblet' area—is fermented at 28°C for just over a week, then aged 15–18 months in stainless steel before being bottled unfiltered. No oak, pure Barbera expression.

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Antonio Galloni

93 points

"The 2023 Barbera Sori del Drago is fabulous. In fact, it's one of the best vintages of this wine I have tasted. Vibrant red-toned fruit, blood orange, cinnamon, mint and rose petal fill out the layers effortlessly. I especially admire the wine's freshness, something that sets the 2023 apart from most previous years. The purity of the fruit is remarkable. Vineyard sites are Brea and Giannetto, plus a new site in Roddino just outside the Barolo zone. This was done entirely in steel." —Antonio Galloni

More about Brovia

Neal Rosenthal has worked with the Brovias for decades, since he imported the 1978, one of the great years of the last half century for sure.

The farming here by the Brovia sisters Cristina & Elena and Elena's husband, Alex, is natural, using zero chemicals in the vineyard. This approach continues in the cellar where the indigenous-yeast fermentations in old, glass-lined concrete tanks took about a month this vintage. Always a pretty old-fashioned house, Brovia has recommitted to more traditional elevage. In 2008 they reintroduced large Slavonian casks for the first 18 months of aging, followed by another year and a half in French oak (previously, the wood was all French; both are 30hL).

But the best part is the family's vineyards. With holdings in Altenasso (Garblèt Sue'), Villero, and Rocche di Castiglione, Brovia underscores Castiglione Falletto's crossroads nature. Standing at the meeting point of Serralunga's Helvetian limestone soils of in the east and the sandier Tortonian ones to the west, CF vineyards vary enormously, and Brovia's bottlings offer a unique annual survey of what's happening in the zone.

And, as if that weren't enough, there are the vines in Serralunga at Brea, a cru that was featured in Renato Ratti's famous '70s-era map of Barolo's top sites, but which fell off collectors' radar for many decades. Preeminent cartographer and Barolo expert Alessandro Masnaghetti credits the Brovias with returning Brea to its former high regard.

Wine Details

Grape Variety

Barbera
Vintage

2023
Size

750ml
Farming Practice

Organic
Style

Minerally
Sweetness

Dry
Body

Light Bodied

Flatiron's Take

From the Importer

Rosenthal Wine Merchant

<p>This is a Barbera of outstanding tension and energy from a top-class site in Castiglione Falletto. Produced from grapes harvested in the “Garblet” vineyard (also known as “Fiasco”) from a 0.8 hectare plot on a south-southeast facing slope at 250 meters altitude. The major part of the vineyard was planted in 1970 with a portion being replanted in 1993. The “Sori del Drago” is fermented at 28 degrees Celsius for slightly more than a week. The wine is then racked into stainless steel tank to preserve its freshness and vivacity, and is aged for 15 to 18 months before being bottled (unfiltered). Approximately 4,500 bottles are produced annually with 2400 allocated to us for the US market. While charming and outstanding in its youth, the wine gains in complexity and profundity with a few years in the cellar.</p>