Azelia, Barolo Bricco Fiasco, 2008 SO083125 Mignon oaked like a Burgundian

oaked like a Burgundian

Founded in 1850 by Giovan Battista Burlotto—one of the first producers to sell Barolo in bottle rather than cask—the estate faded into obscurity after his death until fifth-generation Fabio Alessandria revived it to its current prominence

The Goldtröpfchen vineyard sits among Piesport's top sites (alongside Josephsberg and Falkenberg)

full malo in stainless steel

and this wine shows it: think pale gold

Azelia, Barolo Bricco Fiasco, 2008 SO083125 Mignon oaked like a BurgundianAzelia's flagship single vineyard from Castiglione Falletto, in a classical vintage now nicely settled. Luigi Scavino cousin of Enrico of Paolo Scavino, different family branch makes Barolo in the modernist traditional middle: real structure, real terroir transparency, no concessions to fashion. Bricco Fiasco is the family's heart vineyard, replanted to Nebbiolo by Luigi's grandfather Lorenzo in the 1940s and bottled separately starting in 1978 one of