Vishal Gund

10

The restaurant was divine and got to experience this amazing wine with the amazing food. The wine is very flavorful. Definitely a must try again! — 4 months ago

Steven Lee

9.4

xmas 2023 drink. orange zest and roses tar. quite floral. — 3 years ago

Brent Young

9.3

DAY 1
Served with the Vinlog System
👃Wonderful if slightly reticent. Deep, fresh, and perfumed
👅Not fully open? After > 3 hours: elegant, floral, polished. Silky tannins. Lovely finish

The remaining wine was Slow Decanted™️ in my refrigerator

Revisited the wine on two more occasions

DAY 14
Several hours in the glass…
👃Red and purple fruits. Tar with light florals. Bright and chalky
👅Significant fruit with tar, earth, licorice. Spicy
raspberry/cranbery on the long finish. Drinking
well


Fratelli Brovia remains somewhat under the radar despite producing first tier traditionally styles barolos from excellent vineyards
This Brea has the density expected of a Serralunga barolo coupled with the finesse, nuance, & drinkability that comes from excellent winemaking.
-Pretty lightfooted for a hot vintage
-Totally enjoyable after some time in the
glass on all 3 occasions👏🍷
— 4 years ago

Michelle Beer

9.0

Classic cab flavors but moderate tannins. Very easy to drink, had with a grilled ribeye — 6 years ago

Matt Forester

8.9

Crisp pear and apple notes. — 7 years ago

Pekka Holma

9.0

Quite savory and mineral wine. Earthy. Medium bodied. — 8 years ago

with Nina

Pooneet K

9.1

Excited for this, but at this stage still quite closed. Will be great in 5-10 years. — 6 months ago

romo

9.2

Slightly more awkward than the Brea. — 4 years ago

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9.0

The 2019 Dolcetto d'Alba Vignavillej is a deep, fleshy and voluminous wine. Inky blue/purplish fruit, spice, leather and licorice are all amplified in this decidedly large-scaled Dolcetto from Brovia. Most of this fruit is from the family's Brea property in Serralunga. $19.00 (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, January 2022) — 4 years ago

Evandro Pereira

9.3

Um dos melhores e mais delicados pinots americanos que me lembro. 12.5%
Lembrou um Trousseau do Jura — 5 years ago

KF

10

Super drinkable super affordable pinto noir. Santa Lucia highlands bottled in Berkeley Cali — 6 years ago

Virginia Thomas

9.5

Brea Going Away Dinner Osteria Langhe — 7 years ago

Paul Masson

9.0

Great to be living in the golden era of really good $20 hipster California wines. Sister label of Broc. 12.5% abv — 8 years ago

David Walser

9.4

Had dinner with a friend at Bruno’s in Brea and she brought this bottle of nicely aged wine from her late husband’s collection. Really enjoyed, no point in waiting any longer to consume. — 2 years ago

Gary Nishimura

9.6

Smooth and delicious. Brea Chop house. Selected by Sommelier. — 3 years ago

Gary Nishimura

9.6

Wonderful. Had it Brea Chophouse 155.
Smooth and rich. — 4 years ago

Amanda Burton

9.0

$14 at La Brea TJ’s. Steve likes. — 5 years ago

Mukta Mohan

9.6

Love this!!! Really great dinner red. Easy to drink. Smooth. — 5 years ago

Paul Varosy

9.2

Still some black fruit, but more interesting was the La Brea Tar Pits nose and finish. So much tar and squid ink. — 7 years ago

with Joel

Jay Kline

9.3

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. — 8 years ago