2021 Cristian Boffa "Capalot" Barolo

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Orazio Campoli

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Review Date: 09/2026

This is the wine that made us pick up the phone. From a great, classically structured vintage, the 2021 Capalot has the depth and grip of serious La Morra Barolo, with layers of dark red fruit, leather, incense, and tobacco that unfold slowly in the glass. Galloni called it "ample and explosive," and he's right, but what stays with you is the length. It drinks well now with an hour in a decanter and will reward a decade in the cellar. At this price, single-vineyard Barolo from a named cru with a 94 from Vinous is close to unheard of.

Notes

Capalot gives Cristian Boffa’s Barolo a precise address in La Morra. The 2021 comes from Nebbiolo on an east-facing site with marl, clay and limestone soils. This is a separate vineyard bottling from a family whose holdings in and around Santa Maria have passed through the generations. Cristian’s maternal grandfather, Giacomo Alessandria, farmed the family’s vineyards, while his father, Stefano, worked for Luigi Oddero for more than four decades. Cristian also trained there before the family committed its production to the Cristian Boffa label in 2012. Capalot brings that local history together in a Barolo centered on one of the family’s inherited La Morra sites.