Red
Bussia
By Cantina Stroppiana, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Barolo from the Bussia vineyards in Monforte d'Alba, aged two years in large Slavonian oak casks. About 1,700 bottles a year, 14-15% alcohol.
Tasting notes
Ruby-red with fitting and characteristic garnet highlights. Intense nose with notes of forest floor, intertwined with spice and tobacco. Notable for its great refinement and restraint. On the palate it is dry, warm, velvety, intense, full-bodied yet harmonious, with balanced tannins.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barolo DOCG
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Bussia
- Production area
- Bussia, Monforte d'Alba; elevation 400 metres
- Soil
- Helvetian-age limestone interspersed with sandstone
- Exposure
- South
- Harvest
- Halfway through October
- Vineyard planting
- Planted 1992 and 1975; yield 50-60 quintals per hectare
- Vinification
- The must ferments on its pomace for 10 to 15 days at controlled temperatures not exceeding 30°C, with four to six pumpovers daily. After fermentation the wine is decanted to steel tanks and the lees are discarded by frequent racking. It then spends two years in large Slavonian oak casks, followed by several months in steel and bottling the summer before release.
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