Cavallotto Barolo Bricco Boschis Riserva Vigna San Giuseppe 2005

The southwest-facing San Giuseppe vineyard can struggle in hot vintages, and 2005 shows why. Game, leather, dried tobacco and syrupy red fruit on the nose, with a slightly funky, reductive edge that never fully blows off. On the palate it's dense and untamed, broad, dusty tannins dominate the finish, leaving a roughness that points to years, probably decades, still needed in the cellar. Vinified in rotoferm tanks then aged in large traditional casks, this is honest, old-school Barolo that rewards patience more than it flatters on release. Drink 2025–2040.