2021 Brovia "Villero" Barolo

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Kerin O'Keefe

Reviewed February 2025

The gorgeous 2021 Villero from Brovia reels you in with its enticing fragrance of wild rose, cedar, pine forest and red berry. Elegantly structured and utterly delicious, the poised, precise palate features succulent red cherry, strawberry, star anise and white pepper before a salty finish. Firm, polished tannins provide seamless support while bright acidity keeps it wonderfully balanced and lends racy tension. This is a wine I would love to have in my cellar and follow its evolution over the years. (KO)

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Professional Reviews

Wine Advocate

Review Date: 06/2025

The Brovia 2021 Barolo Villero has that powdery or chalky element that I love so much from this site. It's like crushed chalkboard, and it frames other more fragrant aromas of sambuca, aniseed, blueberry and lilac. This wine is beautifully complex, and it keeps going in the glass, unveiling new layers all the time. The same thing can be said of the long mouthfeel. Villero is 1.2 hectares at 230 to 350 meters above sea level with marl soils (a mix of silt and clay). The wine matures in 40-hectoliter French and Slavonian oak casks, and 5,000 bottles were created. (ML)

Jeb Dunnuck

Review Date: 05/2025

A bright red color, the 2021 Barolo Villero is lifted on the nose with notes of minty herbs, fresh redcurrants, cinnamon, and cedar. The palate offers nervous tension, with finely coiled tannins, vibrant, ripe acidity, and a long, medium-framed feel with refreshing lift. It’s going to take time to unfurl, but I anticipate it improving over the coming 15-20 years. (AF) 95+

Vinous

Review Date: 01/2025

The 2021 Barolo Villero is a tight, reticent wine, as Barolos from this site often are. Spice box, dried flowers, mint and plum begin to emerge with a bit of time in the glass. This firm, classically austere Barolo feels rather shut down following its bottling. The Villero is always the hardest wine at Brovia to taste young. Even so, it oozes classicism. All readers need is a measure of patience. (AG)

Notes

Brovia’s Villero is a benchmark expression of one of Castiglione Falletto’s most prestigious crus. In the 2021 vintage—a year marked by balance and finesse—this Barolo displays intense aromatics of rose petal, dark cherry, licorice, and crushed stones. The Villero vineyard’s clay-limestone soils lend the wine depth and structural precision, with firm yet polished tannins and a long, mineral-driven finish. Aged traditionally in large Slavonian oak, it exemplifies Brovia’s restrained and terroir-focused style. This is a cerebral Barolo with great aging potential, offering both power and poise.

Details

Type	Red Wine
Varietal	Nebbiolo
Origin	Barolo, Piedmont, Italy
Bottle Size	750 mL
SKU	1903455