2022 Fratelli Brovia, Dolcetto d'Alba "Vignavillej" - Mar. 2025 Somm6 Mix Club

A decade ago the wines of Brovio were just beginning to gain critical acclaim–not because this is a new estate (it dates back to 1863!), but simply because they had somehow managed to fly under the radar for decades. Today the family is finally getting its due, and the wines are now regarded as some of the finest in Piedmont. Nebbiolo, of course, is their bread and butter, but they have two excellent parcels of Dolcetto that are inside the Barolo DOCG. This is always one of the best examples of old-school Dolcetto–floral, pithy, and full of bittersweet cherries–that also displays more silky, modern fruit, and in the 2022 vintage they really hit this wine out of the park. The Fratelli Brovia estate and cellar is located in Castiglione Falletto, in the heart of the classic Barolo DOCG zone. Though Nebbiolo has long been king here, and continues to be, there are heirloom plantings of other grapes throughout the region. Barbera and Dolcetto are the most prominent “other red grapes”, and Br