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

established in 1808 and now in its seventh generation under Michel

smooth fine tannins

the old vines kept the freshness intact

farmed biodynamically and aged in barrel with minimal intervention

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