Cavallotto
Historic Barolo Traditionalists: Estate-bottling since 1948, Cavallotto is one of the earliest and most respected family-run producers in Castiglione Falletto.
Monopole Mastery: The entire Bricco Boschis cru, Cavallotto’s monopole vineyard, forms the heart of their deeply structured, long-lived Barolos.
Uncompromising Tradition: Organic farming, wild fermentations, long macerations, and aging in large Slavonian oak define their pure, age-worthy style.
Generational Dedication: Now in its fifth generation, the Cavallotto family continues to craft Barolos of integrity, power, and enduring elegance.
Cavallotto – The Quiet Giants of Barolo
Perched high above the village of Castiglione Falletto, Cavallotto is one of Barolo’s most revered traditionalists, a family-run estate whose roots run deep into the limestone and marl of the legendary Bricco Boschis cru. Established in 1948, Cavallotto was among the very first producers in Barolo to estate-bottle their wines, setting a standard of quality, independence, and authenticity that has defined them ever since.
The history of Cavallotto is intimately tied to Bricco Boschis, the family's historic monopole vineyard that spans nearly the entire hillside beneath their cellar. This single site, with its varying exposures and altitudes, forms the backbone of Cavallotto’s identity and offers a natural laboratory for producing Barolos of remarkable structure, ageability, and complexity. Over time, the family has also expanded into parts of the adjacent Vignolo cru, adding a further dimension of depth to their portfolio.
Since the beginning, Cavallotto has stayed fiercely loyal to traditional Barolo methods: organic farming long before it became a trend, wild fermentations, long macerations, and extended aging in large Slavonian oak casks. The result is a style that speaks clearly of place and time, with no attempt to soften or modernize the noble austerity of Nebbiolo.
Today, the estate is run by the fifth generation of the Cavallotto family: Alfio, Giuseppe, and Laura Cavallotto, who continue the legacy with the same quiet dedication. Every decision, from pruning to bottling, is made with the long term in mind. Their wines are famously structured and slow to reveal themselves in youth, but with time, they evolve into some of the most profound and elegant expressions of Barolo.
Cavallotto's Barolo Bricco Boschis is the estate’s signature wine: layered, powerful, and endlessly age-worthy. From select parcels within that cru, they also produce Barolo Riserva San Giuseppe, a benchmark for traditionally made Barolo. The Barolo Vignolo Riserva offers a more velvety, nuanced take, while their Barbera and Dolcetto bottlings show the same rigor and purity as their flagship wines.
In a region that is constantly balancing between tradition and innovation, Cavallotto stands as a quiet pillar of the old ways, proof that when the land is this good, and the farming this careful, time alone is the greatest winemaking tool of all.