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Boasso Barolo: Classic, Ageworthy, Values
 
Wines this good, this classic and this ageworthy...

...from this appellation...

...at this pricing? 

Well, let's say that there aren't many left...

...in fact, these might be some of the last.  

Boasso's wines are some that I've been selling for close to 15 years at this point, and I have a number of past vintages in my own collection, too.  They're classic Serralunga in their dark, imposing, powerful profiles, but they also have an easy charm, as well.  

Last week, after having just tasted these 2021s and the 2019 Riserva, I felt compelled to yank a bottle of the 2010 Serralunga out of my stash, to see how it was getting along, since it's a very similar vintage to these 2021s.  

It was fabulous, dark, powerful, tarry, aromatic, and so mineral...but still youthful!  

It put a smile on everyone's face, just like I know these 21s will, some years down the road.  Right now, though, these 2021s are tight.  This is a spectacularly structured vintage, one that will require a few years of patience, at least.  

It'll be worth it though...very, very worth it.  

The Barolo Commune di Serralunga 2021 is a perfect snapshot of the powerful Serralunga spirit - it's brawny, but not aggressive, and, despite its formidable muscle, is a also finely balanced wine.  In addition to all of that, though, we're talking about a proper, textbook, old-school Barolo that will last 20 years...that will cost you $39. 

Yup.    

The Barolo Lazzarito 2021 is the most shimmering and aromatic of the three.  The fruit leans ever so slightly to the red side of dark, and it has a more generous texture as well.  This is the precocious sister of the lineup, fragrant, balanced and beautiful, but with a force of will that's not to be trifled with.  

The Barolo Gabutti 2021, is, as always, the signature wine of the Boasso stable.  It's all that dark, stony power you get with the Serralunga, but with an extra depth of complexity and refinement - the true iron fist in a velvet glove.  This was my favorite (again, as it almost always is) of the 2021 Crus.  

Finally, we have the Barolo Riserva Margheria from the disarmingly charming 2019 vintage.  As I've said ad nauseam at this point, this is my favorite recent vintage, and this Margheria demonstrates exactly why.  It's bright, lively, aromatic and delightful, but also transparently focused and deceptively firm at its core.  

Yes, these 2021s may live longer...they may have more textbook Barolo power, but 2019 is just so my style.  

The point is this, we should all consider ourselves lucky to be alive and buying wine at a time when two such vintages are on the market at the same time...

...so get them now at this special pricing too.  

BOASSO
Barolo Commune di Serralunga 2021
Barolo Lazzarito 2021
Barolo Gabutti 2021
Barolo Riserva Margheria 2019

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Matt Franco
MCF Rare Wine, Ltd
249 West 13th Street NYC 10011
212.255.8870

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