2021 Boschetti Gomba Barolo del Comune di Barolo Piedmont

The only Barolo made from the Boschetti cru — and it always will be. One hill, one producer, one bottle. Sergio Gomba is the sole grower legally permitted to vinify Barolo under the Boschetti name, rising directly above the village of Barolo with the Falletti Castle standing watch over the vines.

Named single-vineyard Barolo doesn't come cheap. Cru bottlings from Cannubi, Monvigliero, Ravera, and Bussia typically start around $60 and climb well past $100 — and those vineyards split their fruit across a dozen or more competing producers. Boschetti has exactly one. That kind of exclusivity usually costs more. Here, it's under $50 — below the entry floor for the entire single-cru category.

The Gomba family has held this hill for generations. Sergio spent more than three decades rebuilding the estate into 28 hectares, 18 of them planted to Nebbiolo, on land that was once simply inherited and is now one of the most serious addresses in the Langhe. The 2021 vintage gave Nebbiolo real structure without sacrificing its perfume — this bottling is 100% Nebbiolo, DOCG Barolo, from a vineyard no one else can bottle under this name.

Cascina Boschetti has belonged to the Gomba family for generations, but it was Sergio Gomba who turned inheritance into legacy. He took over the estate in 1991 with a single vineyard in production and a hill full of potential, planting Nebbiolo the following year and slowly building the property parcel by parcel — 11 hectares by 1998, 28 today, 18 of them dedicated to the Boschetti cru itself. He built a new winery and bottling facility in the early 2000s, and in the years since has opened the estate to visitors, welcoming guests into small apartments overlooking the very vines that carry the family name. Through it all, Sergio has remained both owner and winemaker — a hands-on presence in a region increasingly defined by négociants and outside investment. More than three decades of quiet, deliberate work sit behind every bottle of Boschetti: proof that some of Barolo's rarest wines still come from families who never left the hill.