Cavallotto, Barolo Riserva Bricco Boschis San Giuseppe Vintage:2008 chocolate and sweet toasted oak

chocolate and sweet toasted oak

Powerful dark berry

for a wine regularly expected to sell at several hundred dollars apiece

Readers who prefer more aromatic complexity might prefer to cellar the 2012 for another few years

The second has an attractive minty bouquet

Cavallotto, Barolo Riserva Bricco Boschis San Giuseppe Vintage:2008 chocolate and sweet toasted oakA huge, brooding Barolo, the 2004 Riserva Bricco Boschis San Giuseppe needs another 5 10 years in bottle before it starts drinking well, but I imagine it will remain a brute for quite some time beyond that. Today, the 2004 is virile, massively tannic and imposing. Game, smoke, savory herbs, scorched earth and graphite add to a sense of gravitas as this dark, ample Barolo shows off its personality. The searing tannin and backward expression are