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Piero Busso – Barbaresco Gallina Viti Vecchie – 2019
To mention Gallina is to point to one of the most renowned expressions of Barbaresco, certainly an expressive wine of what is the ideal area in Neive to have intensity and elegance. First produced in 2015 using the upper part of the vineyard dating back to the 1950s, this is a perfect fusion of quality, very low yields and complex clay-limestone soils achieving a stratospheric result. Only 1.30 hectares for 958 bottles. Winemaking is done in steel tanks with long submerged cap macerations, a gradual extraction resulting in a concentrated but territorial wine, aging in large barrels and resting in bottles for 3 years. A Barbaresco worthy of the name, the organoleptic part is enveloping and varied, dark red fruit and spice, warm and silky palate with sensation amplified by its persistence and complexity. Not a bottle to drink today but at the best of times.
- Producer: Piero Busso
- Name: Barbaresco Gallina Viti Vecchie
- Grape Variety: Nebbiolo
- Vintage: 2019
- Alcohol Content: 14,5%
- Bottle Size: 750 ml
- Production: 958 bottles
Productive Notes: vinification in submerged cap steel tanks for 90 days. Aged for 3 years in oak barrels and 3 years in bottle.
Wine naturally contains solphites
247,00€
1 in stock
Description
Among the countless stories of the Langa there is one that has always fascinated me because of its genuine tradition that has never changed for more than 70 years, it is the Piero Busso winery, Piedmontese by birth and in fact. Founded in 1948 in Neive on the Albesani hill by Guido Busso, a hard worker and intelligent farmer as he was already beginning to enhance the quality of Nebbiolo by locating the most suitable areas. The winery passed into the hands of his son Piero, who, following his father’s teachings, decided to produce a Barbaresco that would be a photocopy of the terroir; thus it was that the first vintage of Albesani was released in 1982. Over the years specific plots have been purchased so as to respect a small and family size, today in fact there are 10 hectares where the Gallina and San Stunet vineyards are also included for a limited production each year, not only Nebbiolo but also Barbera, Chardonnay and Sauvignon blanc. A very natural style of approach with little intervention following a certified organic regime, no use of chemicals so as to preserve the link with the territory typical of the wines, very low yields and in the cellar they work traditional without too much use of technology with long macerations and the use of large barrels in the aging without ever filtering each wine so as to make them even more essential. Purely family-run even today where they pay homage to their past, a small producer who has now become one of the Greats for Barbaresco, this is Piero Busso!
