2009 Cavallotto Barolo Riserva Bricco Boschis Vigna San Giuseppe

Community Tasting Notes (16) Avg Score: 92.3 points

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  4/21/2022 - HowardNZ Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Recent wines drunk at home: Drunk from Zalto Denk'Art Burgundy stem over three evenings over which it integrated and improved, drinking at its best on the third evening. Deep, dark crimson, a little garnet at the rim. A bouquet of mainly dark cherry, plum and berry fruit, with savoury, earthy, brambly and spicy nuances. More sottobosco and old leather notes emerged on the third evening. More savoury and earthy on palate than the Bruno Rocca drunk after it. Still ripe, lush dark fruit, but not, at all, over-ripe. Flavours reflecting the bouquet. Good fresh acidity retained in the warm vintage. The acids and minerals emerge on the mid palate. The umami, hoisin, soy notes intensified after a few hours open. Dense with serious fruit weight, power and structure yet poised and elegantly proportioned and balanced. Relatively fine gained tannins but still some grippy, taut tannins on the finish to uncoil. The relatively high alcohol (14.5% ABV) well disguised. Enjoyable now but ideally hold until 2025+. I am a big fan of Cavallotto’s understated, traditional Castiglione Falletto wines and the 2009 San Giuseppe is all class.

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  3/14/2021 - RalfRufus Likes this wine: 86 Points

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  11/18/2020 - Derek Darth Taster wrote: 93 Points

  Char Siew tasting at Bishan. Aired in bottle for few hours already. Tasted blind. Drank in Gabriel Standart.
  Appearance is clear, pale intensity, ruby colour with thin garnet rim. Legs.
  Nose is clean, medium intensity, with aromas of stony minerality, red cherries, red berries, red licorice. Developing.
  On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium+ alcohol (14.5%), silky fine high tannins (apparently fierce on pop & pour, and resurfaced aggressively again after a day of air), medium+ body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of stony minerality and fine chalk, red licorice, red cherries, red berries, some darker plum and black cherry/boysenberry fruit. Classic sour red cherry fruit as it evolved over the 2+ hours. Long finish.
  Very good quality. I initially thought this was a Langhe Nebbiolo from a very good producer, and oops boy I was wrong. Have to give this the benefit of doubt, it is just on the shy side now on the nose and still in a developing phase.
  From the San Giuseppe vineyard plot within the monopole cru of Bricco Boschis in the commune of Castiglione Falletto.

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  9/22/2018 - HowardNZ Likes this wine:

  2018 Cavallotto visit with Giuseppe Cavallotto (Tenuta Bricco Boschis, Castiglione Falletto): Served blind to me. A bouquet of dark cherries, black plums, smokey game meat, graphite and slatey minerals. In the mouth, precise, clean and very linear. Largely black fruited with liquorice, cloves and minerals. Fine tannins. Decent acidity. Good length. Good but not great, I’d doubt that this vintage of San Giuseppe will reach the heights of vintages like the 2001, 2004 or 2010.

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  4/7/2018 - kgoldsbe Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Nose is amazing combination of black cherry, boysenberry, anise, ripe bell pepper, earth! The tongue is its own kind of fabulous, but does not mirror the nose. Much more terroir on the tongue, with some tart red fruit, watercress and pink peppercorn. The slow legs and substantial tannins point to the this wines future. The best years are still ahead.

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