Giuseppe Rinaldi, Barolo Bussia, 2021
Bussia is Barolo with its shoulders back. Monforte d'Alba's most storied hillside makes Nebbiolo built on muscle — darker fruit, deeper tannin, a longer runway — and in Rinaldi's hands that power gets handled the old way: native ferments, long macerations, and aging in large old Slavonian casks, with nothing new-oaky anywhere in the picture. Expect black cherry and dried herbs, licorice, iron and crushed rock, wrapped in tannins that mean business. The 2021 season was classic and cool-edged in Piedmont, so there's lift and precision here alongside the weight. This is a cellar wine, plain and simple. If you can't wait, decant it early and pour it next to something braised.
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Bussia is Barolo with its shoulders back. Monforte d'Alba's most storied hillside makes Nebbiolo built on muscle — darker fruit, deeper tannin, a longer runway — and in Rinaldi's hands that power gets handled the old way: native ferments, long macerations, and aging in large old Slavonian casks, with nothing new-oaky anywhere in the picture. Expect black cherry and dried herbs, licorice, iron and crushed rock, wrapped in tannins that mean business. The 2021 season was classic and cool-edged in Piedmont, so there's lift and precision here alongside the weight. This is a cellar wine, plain and simple. If you can't wait, decant it early and pour it next to something braised.
