Red licorice, sour cherry, blackberry, lavender, touch of spicy watercress, v soft tannins, balanced acidity. Really nice barbera — 4 years ago
Överraskande smarrig — 6 years ago
Really nice, complex and can taste the dark Berry fruit — 7 years ago
Earthy, light, but full-bodied, very drinkable — 7 years ago
Very closed when opened, therefore decided to decant it for five hours. Stunning Barbaresco by an interesting producer and drinks well despite it definitely having great aging potential. Lots of violets and plum tobacco to go with the earthy and leathery notes. — 7 years ago
Diverse #wine. #Nebbiolo from #Roero. Closed, cloudy and smelling of robust cherries, and bacon fat, oil. Opened up to soft pink flowers, candy apple shell, wet soil. Color is slightly cloudy as unfiltered, bright red throughout from edge to edge. Everything opened over an hour. Flavors of soft strawberry, marachino cherry, candy apple, sweet/sour sauce, smooth. Tannins never explode, but stay moderate, harmonious with acidity. Opened 1/22/17 — 7 years ago
Rohan bday — 3 years ago
Dry and delicious — 5 years ago
dark fruit, light tannins decently full bodied — 6 years ago
Young
Very tannic. No fruit at all — 7 years ago
Slutty, fun, and of course... probably fantastic with Pizza 🍕 — 7 years ago
Here’s a cool one: Picotener is a sub-varietal of Nebbiolo that actually performs better than the average in more extreme conditions. This is an experimental wine and it’s a home run in my eyes. You can taste the youth on the vines, but when it picks up, I can totally see this being a new age version of my favourite grape for the future. Has a lot of the flavour characteristics that I love about Nebbiolo (roses, cigar box, cherry), but a more youthful fruitiness. Im a fan. Hope it catches on. — 3 years ago
Liked this one — 4 years ago
We drank this after the Enrico Serafino and it didn’t take long to realize this was a step up in class and character despite the challenges that Brovia faced in the 2014 vintage; a year in which they sold off half of their holdings. From what I understand, this cuvee, the first of its kind in Brovia’s history, was made using grapes from the lower sector of Brea and two crus from Castiglione Falletto. The idea being that blending the best wines together would be vastly superior to bottling individual and relatively weak wines from each cru. I can say unequivocally that the strategy worked. The “Unio” as they called it, does not come
across as a limpid example of Barolo. Quite then contrary, there is profound depth and concentration that slowly gained in power the longer the bottle was open. No short supply of dark berries accompanied by spices, fresh asphalt, rose bushes, and minerals. A rapturous, tongue smacking finish that lasts for minutes closing with some rather lusty tannins. What a treat. The 2014 Brovia “Unio” should age gracefully and I, for one, will be looking forward to tracking its development. — 6 years ago
Would buy again. — 7 years ago
Dense Crimson with s cherry red rim. Aromatic primary plummy earthy spicy aromas. A savoury medium to full bodied palate. Medium Intensity and length with fine savoury tannins. A rare red grape type with only 653 Hectares grown in its native Alto Adige and Trentino. Negligible amounts in the new world. A progeny of Teroldego, a grandchild of Pinot, and a cousin of Syrah. Info from The Oxford Companion to Wine by Jancis Robinson. — 7 years ago
Good. Harrison WV. September 16. — 8 years ago
Paul A
In magnum. — 3 years ago