Red
Bussia
By Tenuta Rocca, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Single-vineyard Barolo from 1.48 ha in the Corsini part of Bussia, aged 28 to 30 months in wood.
Tasting notes
Brilliant, lively, intense garnet red. Ethereal with violet, then cherry, spice and leather. Warm, full, velvety, with balanced tannins and acidity.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barolo DOCG
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Bussia
- Production area
- Bussia (map no. 7,272), Monforte d'Alba (CN)
- Soil
- Typical Sant'Agata marls (Tortonian), young soils with good water availability made up of calcareous silty marls
- Exposure
- Southwest, 350 m
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot; organic fertilisation and compost, mechanical weeding; certified organic; vineyard area 1.48 ha
- Vinification
- Shoot and early bunch thinning during ripening, bunch selection at harvest. Traditional red vinification, fermentation at 28-30 C in 50 hl oak vats. Aged in wood (small barrels and large casks) for 28 to 30 months, then about 10 months in bottle. Unfiltered.
- Serving temperature
- 15-17 °C
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