Aldo Conterno Barolo Bussia 2021

The Poderi Aldo Conterno winery owns and cultivates 25 hectares of vineyards in Bussia, in the municipality of Monforte d’Alba, in southern Piedmont, the traditional production area of Barolo wine. This is where the Aldo Conterno Barolo Bussia is produced, a wine made from the Michet and Lampia varieties of Nebbiolo grapes. These grapes are grown in a hilly area with sandy, sometimes calcareous soils at an average altitude of 400 meters above sea level. Barolo wine has been produced here since 1920. But the story of the birth of Barolo, one of the most famous red wines in the world, goes back even further: introduced by King Carlo Alberto of Savoy, it owes its consecration to Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, who proclaimed it an institutional wine and it was drunk during the celebrations for the unification of Italy in 1861. Vinification begins with maceration of the skins in steel tanks for about a month. After being racked several times, the resulting wine is left to age in fine oak barrels. Aldo Conterno Barolo Bussia is a DOCG wine, the highest certification for Italian wines, or Denomination of Controlled and Guaranteed Origin. Barolo is a wine that requires a long time to fully express its famous organoleptic characteristics. It requires at least 3 years of aging and, according to experts, gives its best after 10 years spent in the bottle.