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Cavallotto, Barolo Riserva Bricco Boschis Vigna San Giuseppe 2020
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Description
Cavallotto, Barolo, Bricco Boschis Vigna San Giuseppe, Riserva, Piedmont, Italy, Still, Red, 2013
Tasting notes
Reviewed by: Monica Larner
I always love this wine from the Cavallotto family, but the organic 2020 Barolo Riserva Bricco Boschis Vigna San Giuseppe is still very much in a closed phase. Aromas of rusty nail, crushed stone, dried blackcurrant and rose petals emerge slowly from the glass, revealing the wine's considerable complexity beneath a veil of youthful reserve. At the moment, the structure is slightly ahead of the fruit, creating an impression of firmness and austerity that is reinforced by dusty tannins. As with other Riserva bottlings in this vintage, I sense that the fruit has yet to fully emerge and balance the wine's natural architecture. Given time, those elements should come into better alignment, making this a strong candidate for a prolonged drinking window. This is a production of 8,888 bottles, 666 magnums and 111 double magnums.
About the Producer
At the gates of Castiglione Falletto, in the heart of the Barolo Zone, on the slopes of the Bricco Boschis, one finds the Cavallotto Winery, which lies on 25 hectares of land. Since 1928, the Cavallotto family has owned the estate Tenuta Bricco Boschis. In 1946, they were the first cultivators in Castiglione Falletto to vinify all of their estate’s fruit. In 1948 they released the first bottling of their own BAROLO wine, with the label and registered trademark of Cavallotto. Today the children of Olivio – Laura, Giuseppe and Alfio, the 4th generation working the family farm – continue to exclusively vinify the grapes produced in their estate vineyards into DOC and DOCG wines: Barolo, Dolcetto d’Alba, Barbera d’Alba, Langhe Nebbiolo, Langhe Freisa, Langhe “Grign” made from Grignolino grapes, Langhe Chardonnay and “Pinner” made from Pinot Nero grapes.
