Red
Barolo Bussia
By Poderi Aldo Conterno, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Barolo from several Bussia vineyards, hand-picked and macerated on the skins for 20 to 30 days before ageing in oak casks.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barolo DOCG
- Grape
- Nebbiolo (Michet and Lampia varieties)
- Cru / vineyard
- Bussia
- Production area
- Different vineyards in Bussia, Monforte d'Alba
- Harvest
- Mid-October, by hand, with grape selection in the vineyard
- Vineyard planting
- Grapes from vineyards at least 15-20 years old.
- Vinification
- Red vinification with skin contact in stainless steel vats; the must stays on the skins for 20-30 days, during which alcoholic fermentation is completed. Fermentation temperatures vary, with peaks up to 32 C. The new wine is decanted several times before moving to oak casks, where it ages and refines. Red wines are neither clarified nor filtered (estate level).
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