About this winery
Azelia is still something of a Barolo lover's secret. Though the estate is not a high-profile one, proprietor Luigi Scavino is cousin of Enrico Scavino of the renowned Paolo Scavino estate, and shares ownership of the famed Fiasco hill in Castiglione Falletto with him. Luigi, his wife Lorella and son Lorenzo Scavino own and maintain 16 hectares of vines in Castiglione Falletto, Serralunga d'Alba (including Cru Barolo from Margheria, San Rocco and Voghera Brea) and Montelupo Albese (for their...
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Product notes
From the top of this steep and warm hill in Castiglione Falletto, the first Cru vinified separately. Historical Cru produced since 1978. Here the vines were planted in the 1940s by Luigi’s father, Lorenzo. The name Fiasco comes from the shape of the hill where the vineyard is located: it has a rounded shape such as a flask, the old bottle used in the past to contain red wine.
Production notes
The vines produce small, concentrated bunches and their ripening is impeccable. The white calcareous soil gives the wine an elegant profile with sweet and silky tannins. Superlative harmony and elegance: the vines age, 65 years on average, gives indescribable aspects of depth and sense of place. Vinification happens with indigenous yeasts, for 4/5 weeks with submerged cap, 31 °C. The wine is then aged for 24 months in small barrels.
Tasting notes
Bricco Fiasco shows perfectly the radiant personality of Castiglione. Extremely perfumed, floral, with a core of red fruit. Rich, warm, intensely fresh. Ripe tannins.