"Aromas of toasted oak, mocha and scorched soil slowly emerge from the glass. The tight palate offers sour cherry, espresso and sage alongside grainy, astringent tannins that clench the lean finish. You'll also notice the heat of evident alcohol. Drink after 2024. - Kerin O'Keefe
Producer: Fratelli Revello
Region: Piedmont
Grape: Nebbiolo
Alcohol: 15%
Size: 750ml
Producer Info: The Annunziata village lies at the South-Easternmost point of La Morra, in the Langhe's West. Here, the rolling hills are covered in Nebbiolo vines on the Southern slopes, their feet deep in the calcareous marl which typifies this upper section of the Barolo DOCG. Home to the most prestigious vineyards in the commune, Annunziata is well recognised as a very unique parcel of La Morra, not only for being the gateway to the beautiful township, but also as the apex of La Morra, Barolo township to the South and Castiglione Falletto to the East. Indeed, in the best years the wines from here express not only the svelte, truffled nuances typical to La Morra, but also the balance and sweet fruited lift of its neighbours.
Enzo Revello is an extremely calm, well natured man of Annunziata. He grew up here in a family unit amongst the Michet clone Nebbiolo vineyards and is raising his family in the same way, with his daughter Elena now taking a much more significant role in the sales and marketing. Though Enzo prescribes to less traditional winemaking - shorter ferments, macerations and very fine French oak for some wines - the work in the vineyard is his legacy. Unfortunately, organic classification is almost impossible to obtain in Barolo thanks to the proximity of neighbouring vineyards; but even still, Enzo continues to maintain strict organic farming principles in each of their vineyards, even the Dolcetto and Barbera, but especially for the cru Barolo. This is a central belief of the estate, which was actually the first in the district to farm using many organic practices that are now being followed by their neighbours.
The Revello family's history began in the first post-war period, when they became tenants of a farmhouse in the parish of San Martino di La Morra. In the 1960s, they began to replant vineyards, which later produced the first bottle of Barolo by Giovanni Revello & Figli. This marked a period of expansion for Revello with their acquisition of the Gattera and Conca sites. In the 1990s, brothers Carlo and Lorenzo (Enzo) Revello decided to divide the company to facilitate the inception of their respective children. Enzo Revello later established the Fratelli Revello winery in Annunziata, where he and his children Simone and Elena now make wines together.
Since releasing their first Fratelli Revello Barolo in 1993, a blend of fruit from all their vineyards, four single cru-inspired wines appeared and defined Revello's identity as a brand capable of producing single-site wine of inimitable quality.
Today, the Fratelli Revello wines benefit from the utmost level of care and selection process in the vineyards. The resulting organic wines display an undeniable approachability and fruit generosity unspoiled thanks to a gentle touch in the cellar."
