2021 Cavallotto Barolo Bricco Boschis

99 POINTS

Falstaff

Brilliant, fine ruby colour with a slight garnet sheen. Opens with a bouquet of red fruits, raspberry, strawberry and sweet cherry, then resinous-spicy components. Smooth and juicy on the palate, showing plenty of red fruit, then opens with finely structured, vivid and integrated tannins, extremely long, juicy finish.Reviewers: Othmar Kiem, Simon Staffler

95 POINTS

Monica Larner - Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The organic Cavallotto 2021 Barolo Bricco Boschis shows tightness and firmness at this young age, and we can expect this pretty wine to soften and unwind slowly with bottle evolution. There are aromas of tart cherry, redcurrant, iris root and sweet spice delicately layered over a solid, medium-plus mouthfeel. However, what stands out most in the Bricco Boschis is the extreme focus and sharpness of its fruit flavors. This 7.3-hectare site has 45-year-old vines that enjoy panoramic southeast and southwest exposures at 230 to 350 meters in elevation. This wine ages in Slavonian oak casks for 36 months (both 20-hectoliter and 100-hectoliter foudre). Production is 22,000 bottles and 1,000 magnums.

94 POINTS

Michaela Morris - Decanter

Alfio Cavallotto uses roto-fermenters to achieve a slow, gentle maceration with a semi-submerged cap. This is followed by long ageing in Slavonian oak casks of various sizes up to 100 hectolitres. As always, the 2021 Bricco Boschis marches to the beat of its own drum – with absolute character. Savoury and a bit wild, it wafts with smoke, meat and chestnut before revealing pressed violet, dark sour cherry and currants. Tar and porcini nuances lurk at its depths. Full, with vigorous earthy tannins, this is dense but not compacted. Chalky minerals snap on the finish. Bury this in the cellar.

92 POINTS

Antonio Galloni MW - Vinous

The 2021 Barolo Bricco Boschis is just as impressive from bottle as it was from tank a few months ago. Dark and mysterious in the glass, the 2021 offers up an exotic mélange of black cherry, licorice, new leather, espresso, menthol and dried herbs. This is an especially fine Bricco Boschis, a Barolo that finds the Cavallotto family in very fine form.

92 POINTS

Antonio Galloni MW - Vinous

The 2021 Barolo Bricco Boschis is a deep, dense wine. Black cherry, plum, mocha, new leather, licorice and cloves are all amplified in this decidedly potent, strapping young Barolo. There's plenty of punch here, that much is evident. I can't wait to taste this from bottle. Points: 91-93