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The estate’s special reserve bottling, produced only in great vintages, Granbussia Riserva’s grapes come from the prime Bussia plots of Cicala (15 percent), Colonnello (15 percent), and Romirasco (70 percent). It’s a bold, age-worthy wine whose heady aromatics of roses, earth, and herbs are buoyed by its palate of sour cherries, tar, minerals, smoke and that elusive Piemonte magic that is intrinsic to serious Barolos. This gorgeously balanced, ineffably complex wine is a favorite of Sergio, though since it is truly wine of patience you should allow 10-20 years of cellaring.
- Country: Italy
- Region: Piemonte
- Subregion/Classification:Barolo
Aldo Conterno is known as the “King of Barolo” in Italy. His Poderi Aldo Conterno is situated in Monforte d'Alba on the prized Bussia Soprano vineyard in the heart of the Barolo region, where the Conterno family has been producing and aging the great Piemontese wines for more than five generations. Aldo left his legendary brother at his father's cellar (the Giacomo Conterno estate) in 1969 to pursue his own winemaking interests and reputation to create the wines of Poderi Aldo Conterno in the "Favot" cellar. While Giovanni produces the more traditional style of the two Conterno brothers, Aldo's wines are not considered modern. Aldo Conterno’s policy of producing only the highest quality wines while mixing tradition with innovation helps him make sterling Barolos that connoisseurs and critics alike love unabashedly.
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