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Brezza Barolo Castellero 2016 750ml

size
750ml
country
Italy
region
Piedmont
appellation
Barolo
WA
93
WE
93
VM
92
Additional vintages
WA
93
Rated 93 by Wine Advocate
The Giacomo Brezza e Figli 2016 Barolo Castellero is a compact and pretty wine with grapes sourced in the vineyards just outside the beautiful town of Barolo, where the Brezza family has its headquarters. Made with organic fruit, Castellero is bright and compact, with a delicate stream of blue flower, rose, cassis and crushed stone. Those anise and licorice-like aromas are also well developed. This offers a lot of simple and straightforward Barolo purity, making it a great near or medium-term proposition. Exactly 5,068 bottles were released. ... More details
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Brezza Barolo Castellero 2016 750ml

SKU 877303
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Professional Ratings
WA
93
WE
93
VM
92
WA
93
Rated 93 by Wine Advocate
The Giacomo Brezza e Figli 2016 Barolo Castellero is a compact and pretty wine with grapes sourced in the vineyards just outside the beautiful town of Barolo, where the Brezza family has its headquarters. Made with organic fruit, Castellero is bright and compact, with a delicate stream of blue flower, rose, cassis and crushed stone. Those anise and licorice-like aromas are also well developed. This offers a lot of simple and straightforward Barolo purity, making it a great near or medium-term proposition. Exactly 5,068 bottles were released.
WE
93
Rated 93 by Wine Enthusiast
New leather, truffle and ripe berry aromas mingle with scents of dark spice. On the full-bodied palate, youthfully assertive fine-grained tannins and fresh acidity support Marasca cherry, black raspberry, star anise and menthol. You'll also detect the warmth of alcohol on the close. Drink 2025–2036.
VM
92
Rated 92 by Vinous Media
The 2016 Barolo Castellero is layered with aromas of fresh pine, cherry, and cocoa powder. It delivers ripe mid-palate fruit with classic structure, building tannins, and notes of dried strawberry, tea leaf, and game. Enjoy 2022-2036.
Product Details
size
750ml
country
Italy
region
Piedmont
appellation
Barolo
Additional vintages
Overview
The Giacomo Brezza e Figli 2016 Barolo Castellero is a compact and pretty wine with grapes sourced in the vineyards just outside the beautiful town of Barolo, where the Brezza family has its headquarters. Made with organic fruit, Castellero is bright and compact, with a delicate stream of blue flower, rose, cassis and crushed stone. Those anise and licorice-like aromas are also well developed. This offers a lot of simple and straightforward Barolo purity, making it a great near or medium-term proposition. Exactly 5,068 bottles were released.
green grapes

Varietal: Nebbiolo

The Nebbiolo grape varietal is widely understood to be the fruit responsible for Italy's finest aged wines. However, its popularity and reliability as a grape which gives out outstanding flavors and aromas has led it to be planted in many countries around the world, with much success. These purple grapes are distinguishable by the fact that they take on a milky dust as they begin to reach maturity, leading many to claim that this is the reason for their unusual name, which means 'fog' in Italian. Nebbiolo grapes produce wines which have a wide range of beautiful and fascinating flavors, the most common of which are rich, dark and complex, such as violet, truffle, tobacco and prunes. They are generally aged for many years to balance out their characteristics, as their natural tannin levels tend to be very high.
barrel

Region: Piedmont

The region of Piedmont in the cool, breezy north-western part of Italy is renowned throughout the world for high quality, flavorful and delicious red wines, and for the elegant and refined sparkling wines such as Asti which typify the area. The region is located at the foothills of the Alps, close to the French and Swiss borders, and benefits from some interesting micro-climates formed by its proximity to the mountain range. The key grapes for the fine red wines of Piedmont are Nebbiolo, Dolcetto and Barbera – all powerful varietals which are packed full of a range of fruit flavors and which have an affinity for oak making them ideal for aging When it comes to the sparkling Asti, wineries cultivate plenty of Moscato grapes, whose relative transparency make them ideal for expressing their terroir and providing some interesting flavors in the bottle.
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Country: Italy

Italy is recognised as being one of the finest wine producing countries in the world, and it isn't difficult to see why. With a vast amount of land across the country used primarily for vineyard cultivation and wine production, each region of Italy manages to produce a wide range of excellent quality wines, each representative of the region it is produced in. Any lover of Italian wines will be able to tell you of the variety the country produces, from the deliciously astringent and alpine-fresh wines of the northern borders, to the deliciously jammy and fruit-forward wines of the south and the Italian islands. Regions such as Barolo are frequently compared with Bordeaux and Burgundy in France, as their oak aged red wines have all the complexity and earthy, spicy excellence of some of the finest wines in the world, and the sparkling wines of Asti and elsewhere in Italy can easily challenge and often exceed the high standards put forward by Champagne. Thanks to excellent terrain and climatic conditions, Italy has long since proven itself a major player in the world of wines, and long may this dedication to quality and excellence continue.
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green grapes

Varietal: Nebbiolo

The Nebbiolo grape varietal is widely understood to be the fruit responsible for Italy's finest aged wines. However, its popularity and reliability as a grape which gives out outstanding flavors and aromas has led it to be planted in many countries around the world, with much success. These purple grapes are distinguishable by the fact that they take on a milky dust as they begin to reach maturity, leading many to claim that this is the reason for their unusual name, which means 'fog' in Italian. Nebbiolo grapes produce wines which have a wide range of beautiful and fascinating flavors, the most common of which are rich, dark and complex, such as violet, truffle, tobacco and prunes. They are generally aged for many years to balance out their characteristics, as their natural tannin levels tend to be very high.
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Region: Piedmont

The region of Piedmont in the cool, breezy north-western part of Italy is renowned throughout the world for high quality, flavorful and delicious red wines, and for the elegant and refined sparkling wines such as Asti which typify the area. The region is located at the foothills of the Alps, close to the French and Swiss borders, and benefits from some interesting micro-climates formed by its proximity to the mountain range. The key grapes for the fine red wines of Piedmont are Nebbiolo, Dolcetto and Barbera – all powerful varietals which are packed full of a range of fruit flavors and which have an affinity for oak making them ideal for aging When it comes to the sparkling Asti, wineries cultivate plenty of Moscato grapes, whose relative transparency make them ideal for expressing their terroir and providing some interesting flavors in the bottle.
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Country: Italy

Italy is recognised as being one of the finest wine producing countries in the world, and it isn't difficult to see why. With a vast amount of land across the country used primarily for vineyard cultivation and wine production, each region of Italy manages to produce a wide range of excellent quality wines, each representative of the region it is produced in. Any lover of Italian wines will be able to tell you of the variety the country produces, from the deliciously astringent and alpine-fresh wines of the northern borders, to the deliciously jammy and fruit-forward wines of the south and the Italian islands. Regions such as Barolo are frequently compared with Bordeaux and Burgundy in France, as their oak aged red wines have all the complexity and earthy, spicy excellence of some of the finest wines in the world, and the sparkling wines of Asti and elsewhere in Italy can easily challenge and often exceed the high standards put forward by Champagne. Thanks to excellent terrain and climatic conditions, Italy has long since proven itself a major player in the world of wines, and long may this dedication to quality and excellence continue.