2014 Azelia Barolo San Rocco 750Ml Bottle

Museum Release - Direct Import from Producer

At the top, the best 2014 Barolos are thrilling. Acidities are high and the wines pulse with energy. The best 2014 Barolos are mesmerizing, uber-classic wines built for the cellar. 

'I first tasted the 2014 Azelia Barolos in November of that year, right after harvest. At the time, they had tremendous energy and searing intensity. Time has softened some of the edges, but the wines remain just as exciting as they were back then.' 93 points - Antonio Galloni, Vinous

I have been enamoured with the Azelia wines since my first visit to the Scavino family's pristine cellars well over a decade ago. Luigi and his son Lorenzo are obsessive about obtaining only the most perfectly ripe bunches - this is the foundation of their impressive and honest wine making. Luigi only accepts grapes from vines over 35yo for Azelia Baroli. This admirable insistence is married perfectly to their sympathetic vinification (including a non-reliance on new/small-format oak) and their excellently sited holdings in the great crus - all reasons for extreme greatness. The plenitude of glowing and high scoring reviews below only offer a small snapshot of the enthusiasm that many critics share with myself for these wines.  As they continue to age they will be cherished parts of any cellar. 
Cheers, Randall

Azelia farms 16 hectares across Castiglione Falletto, Serralunga d’Alba and Montelupo. South and south-west facing vineyards on calcareous clay soils produce wines that balance structure, perfume and restraint. In the cellar, tradition leads the way, with long fermentations, maturation exclusively in large neutral botti. 

'One of the major goals of the modern school of Barolo was to make wines that were approachable young, but that could also age. In my opinion there are three producers who consistently achieved that goal at a high level; Luciano Sandrone, Elio Altare and Luigi Scavino of Azelia. Of these growers, Scavino is the least well known, and because of that, his wines remain favorably priced.' Antonio Galloni, Vinous