2019 Barolo Bussia, Fogliati, Piedmont, Italy

Red • Dry • Full Bodied • Nebbiolo
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Code: 20190600750008240570

Description

The Barolo Bussia is a top selection from Podere Fogliati’s prized 80-year-old, south-west-facing vineyard. Only 2,500 bottles were produced this year. The soils here are pure marl, with layers of silt and limestone clay. This Barolo offers up old-vine depth, with flavours of dark rose and tea alongside mineral flashes. Layered, tightly-coiled and complex, this needs time in bottle to develop.

Drink 2026 – 2046

  • Colour
    Red
  • Sweetness
    Dry
  • Vintage
    2019
  • Alcohol
    14.5%
  • Grape
    Nebbiolo
  • Body
    Full Bodied
  • Producer
    Poderi Fogliati

Critics reviews

Walter Speller
17.5/20
Mid ruby. Amazing, floral, perfumed raspberry nose and not what you’d expect of Bussia, which is normally more spicy and brooding – ‘we are very close to Cannubi and it is near Coste delle Rose, so more Barolo than Monforte.’ A hint of mint and oak. Fragrant and juicy and surprising light on the feet. Firm but fine tannins. Not for those expecting the fullness of Bussia, but this is as elegant as a wine can be.

Drink 2025-2036
Walter Speller, JancisRobinson.com (November 2022)

About The Wine

Nebbiolo

Nebbiolo is the grape behind the Barolo and Barbaresco wines and is hardly ever seen outside the confines of Piedmont. It takes its name from "nebbia" which is Italian for fog, a frequent phenomenon in the region. A notoriously pernickety grape, it requires sheltered south-facing sites and performs best on the well-drained calcareous marls to the north and south of Alba in the DOCG zones of Barbaresco and Barolo.
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Piedmont

Piedmont has been the pre-eminent fine wine province of Italy since Roman times. Located in the north-west of the country, it is influenced culturally and climatically by the surrounding Alps and Ligurian Apennines. Its most important fine wine regions are the Langhe, incorporating Barolo and Barbaresco; Monferrato, comprising the wines of Asti and Gavi; and Novara with its Colline Novaresi and Boca.
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