Nobody Expects a Serious Dolcetto
2022 Brovia Dolcetto d'Alba Vignavillej
Most Dolcetto is built for a Tuesday night. This bottle is a completely different animal. Sourced primarily from Brea—a celebrated Barolo cru in Serralunga d'Alba that Renato Ratti highlighted on his seminal 1970s map—this is top-tier Barolo terroir planted to Dolcetto. Cartographer Alessandro Masnaghetti credits the Brovia family with dragging Brea back into the limelight. Brovia has farmed Castiglione Falletto since 1863, holding legendary sites like Rocche, Villero, and Ca' Mia. Run today by…
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Old-vine Piedmontese plot
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Tasting notes
Aroma
Deeply perfumed with black cherry and dark plum, licorice and clove filling in behind a cool menthol lift.
Palate
Full-bodied and richly fruited, firm grippy tannins and fresh acidity carrying a long, savory, mineral finish.
Red Wine Body Profile
Light
Bold
Body Profile
Delicate
40/100 Intensity
Light
Bold
40.0/100
Feather-light
Delicate
Lifted
Structured
Deep
Grapes
100% Dolcetto
ABV
13.5%
Serving
55–60°F
Window
2025–2043
In Detail
Barolo Master’s Old-Vine Dolcetto
Most Dolcetto is built for a Tuesday night. This bottle is a completely different animal. Sourced primarily from Brea—a celebrated Barolo cru in Serralunga d'Alba that Renato Ratti highlighted on his seminal 1970s map—this is top-tier Barolo terroir planted to Dolcetto. Cartographer Alessandro Masnaghetti credits the Brovia family with dragging Brea back into the limelight.
Brovia has farmed Castiglione Falletto since 1863, holding legendary sites like Rocche, Villero, and Ca' Mia. Run today by Elena Brovia and her husband Alex Sanchez, the estate has been certified organic since 2013. The vines for Vignavillej went in during 1981 and 1993 on clay and limestone. Fermented on wild yeasts and aged seven to nine months in stainless steel, the wine is bottled unfiltered to preserve its raw structural intensity.
With roughly 10,000 bottles produced and only a quarter reaching the US, this is a rare, large-scaled expression of the grape. It marries deep fruit weight and floral lift with the serious tannic backbone native to Serralunga limestone.
