Cavallotto, Barolo Bricco Boschis, 2001 1299 table Burlotto is the legendary Verduno

Burlotto is the legendary Verduno estate run by Fabio Alessandria — the great-great-grandson of the founder — and over the past two decades he's quietly reclaimed the domaine's place among Piedmont's elite

smooth fine tannins

twice-daily pigeage

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Cavallotto, Barolo Bricco Boschis, 2001 1299 table Burlotto is the legendary VerdunoCult Castiglione Falletto traditionalism from a great vintage. Cavallotto farms Bricco Boschis as a near monopole, and this is the estate's standard expression of that hill Nebbiolo from across the cru, given the same uncompromising treatment as the famous Vigna San Giuseppe Riserva: long maceration, very long aging in Slavonian botti, and the patience that defines the Cavallotto family. 2001 is one of the great classical Piedmont vintages of the