Cavallotto, Barolo, Barolo Riserva Vignolo, 2019

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.

Vignolo is the second cru at Cavallotto, not as high as Bricco Boschis with a southwest exposure. The site has more sand lending weight to the ethereal notes of star anise, rose petals and dried pot pourri.

18 Points Walter Speller JancisRobinson.com - Castiglione Falletto. Lustrous, concentrated ruby. Exotic spice notes over brooding fruit, and with the merest suggestion of tamarind. Then, with aeration, pure raspberry coulis. Fantastic fullness of fruit without being heavy and charged with energetic acidity. Very long and sleek yet concentrated, and with bags of fine, gravelly tannins. (WS)

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.