Scavino, Paolo - Paolo Scavino Barolo Bricco Ambrogio 2004 750ml (750ml)

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Producer	Scavino, Paolo
Country	Italy
Region	Piemonte
Varietal	Nebbiolo
Vintage	2004
Sku	RD4942
Size	750ml

 

Juicy red and blue fruits dance with umami, cedar, peppery spices, rose petals, tar and tartufo bianco in this expressive, caressing '04 Barolo Bricco Ambrogio. Fruit-driven and powerful upon release, more than a decade of age has mellowed this wine, deepening its mineral elements; gamy, savory notes complement this Barolo's sweet inner perfume, while vibrant acidity keeps it nimble on the palate. Supple, fine-grained tannins cling to the cheeks as the wine builds to a lingering, complex crescendo. Deriving from a limestone-rich, south-southeast-facing parcel located in Roddi, Scavino's Barolo Bricco Ambrogio ages in barrique, followed by one year in cask, resulting in a well-balanced and approachable wine.

Following the death of their father, Alfonso and Paolo Scavino divided their father's vineyard holdings in the commune of Castiglione Falletto. Paolo chose an eponymous title for his estate, which included a 2-hectare plot in Falletto's Fiasco cru known as Bric del Fiasc, situated in Castiglione Falletto. While established in 1921, the site was first represented via a single-vineyard bottling in 1978, a production Paolo undertook at the behest of his son, Enrico. The Scavino estate's premiere cru production and most renowned bottling, Bric del Fiasc is now one of four cru wines in the portfolio (Cannubi, Rocche dell'Annunziata Riserva, and Bricco Ambrogio are the other single-vineyard Barolos). Enrico assumed direction of the estate upon his father's passing, having cultivated an intimate knowledge of Paolo's craft and viticultural philosophy. Enrico, however, unlike many other second-generation winemakers in Piemonte, did not wholly adhere to the established protocol. After a period