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Azelia

Azelia is a respected traditional Barolo estate in Castiglione Falletto, farmed by Luigi Scavino and his daughter Silvia across approximately 17 hectares of estate vineyards including the prestigious Bricco Fiasco, San Rocco, and Margheria crus. Luigi Scavino was a pioneer of Barolo's qualitative revival in the early 1980s, among the first to reduce yields and improve cellar hygiene before the broader modernist movement took hold. Despite early experiments with barriques, the estate has returned to a predominantly traditional approach: large Slavonian oak botti and extended maceration that preserves Nebbiolo's aromatic character and structural backbone. Bricco Fiasco, a high-altitude parcel on the limestone ridge of Castiglione Falletto adjacent to the Rocche, produces the estate's most concentrated and age-worthy Barolo; San Rocco and Margheria provide different textural and aromatic expressions of the commune's calcareous clay soils. Parker regularly scores the single-vineyard Barolos at 92–95 points in strong vintages including 2010, 2013, and 2016. With 544 lots averaging $81 per bottle, Azelia represents exceptional value for traditional Castiglione Falletto Barolo — priced well below celebrity neighbours Cavallotto and Vietti while offering genuine terroir expression and three separately vinified named cru bottlings from the same commune.