Aldo Conterno Barolo Granbussia Riserva 2009 1500ml Current Release Red/purplish fruit

Red/purplish fruit

Still incredibly young at age 10

This is aromatically similar to the Suchots though with an even broader range of spice elements

Some roses

A gorgeous wine with all the hallmarks of long term ageing potential

Aldo Conterno Barolo Granbussia Riserva 2009 1500ml Current Release Red/purplish fruitThis wine blew me away. The 2009 Barolo Riserva Granbussia is a proud achievement and an expression of rare beauty. This wine will be released this fall, some nine years after the harvest. Only 3,000 bottles were produced. The Granbussia narrative is one of elegance and refinement. The fruit comes from two vineyard parcels in the greater Bussia cru and was co fermented (instead of being blended after malolactic fermentation). So much fruit was dropped