Aldo Conterno, Barolo Bricco Bussia Vigna Cicala, 1978
A forty-seven-year-old museum piece from the man who defined modern Monforte. Aldo Conterno split from his brother Giovanni (of Giacomo Conterno) in 1969 and built his own estate around the Bussia MGA. Vigna Cicala is a specific block within Bussia Soprana, entirely owned by the family, bottled only in top vintages and only from vines at least fifteen years old. 1978 is one of the great classical Barolo vintages of the 20th century — and this wine was made by Aldo himself, decades before he passed in 2012. At nearly half a century old, it's a fragile, profound document: dried rose, sour cherry settling into forest floor, roasted gamebird, tar, dried tea, sweet earth. The tannins have long since melted. Open with care, give it air, drink with reverence. A piece of Piedmont history.
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A forty-seven-year-old museum piece from the man who defined modern Monforte. Aldo Conterno split from his brother Giovanni (of Giacomo Conterno) in 1969 and built his own estate around the Bussia MGA. Vigna Cicala is a specific block within Bussia Soprana, entirely owned by the family, bottled only in top vintages and only from vines at least fifteen years old. 1978 is one of the great classical Barolo vintages of the 20th century — and this wine was made by Aldo himself, decades before he passed in 2012. At nearly half a century old, it's a fragile, profound document: dried rose, sour cherry settling into forest floor, roasted gamebird, tar, dried tea, sweet earth. The tannins have long since melted. Open with care, give it air, drink with reverence. A piece of Piedmont history.
