Nebbiolo

Aldo Conterno’s Barolo Bussia is produced from five hectares of prime vineyards in Bussia Soprano, the original section of what has become a rather large vineyard in recent years. These five hectares are spread across three... Read More

The vineyard “Colonnello” is about 40-45 years old and, to maintain it, the vines are replanted from time to time. The main variety of Nebbiolo is Michet and its rootstock is 420 A.

The 2013 Barolo Tradizione opens to medium color intensity and a ruby-garnet color. This is a classically-styled Barolo from a classic vintage that showed a long growing season for slow and steady ripening of fruit (that Nebbiolo... Read More

This has a subtle nose that eventually reveals camphor, forest floor, violet and oak-driven spice. The polished, already accessible palate is rather light on its feet, offering strawberry compote, sour cherry and star anise alongside... Read More

Tasting notes

Garnet red color with orange highlights. A Barolo that on the nose recalls sensations of peat, but also fresh fruit. It then opens up to the world of flowers in the broadest sense, in particular white petals and... Read More

Tasting notes

Garnet red color with orange highlights. On the nose variegated aromas: from important sensations of tar and petrol, to arrive at china. Gradually it opens with more fruity aromas, a fruit that we find recurrently... Read More

Tasting notes

Garnet red color with orange highlights. In this Barolo, an attack of licorice hits the nose. In the mouth, great freshness that plays in a very fine balance on the elegance that gives a sense of sweetness. It ends... Read More

Tasting notes

Garnet red color with orange highlights. Barolo Liste Riserva 2009 is a wine that immediately stands out for a compact nose, with olfactory sensations that refer to the world of spices, with hints of medicinal herbs,... Read More

Tasting notes

Garnet red color with orange highlights. This Barolo Liste Riserva refers to a precise image: close the eyes and you have the image of this wine that it can be described through a colour, blue. A Riserva with an... Read More

Tasting notes

Garnet red color with orange highlights. This Barolo recalls hints of camphor and rhubarb root. On the palate a pleasant mentholated sensation, a note of freshness that pleasantly binds nose and mouth. The mint brings... Read More

This wine exhibits a saturated ruby color with purple nuances. Additionally, it is rich, with lots of extract, tannin, and body. Ceretto's opaque ruby/purple-colored 1996 Barolo Bricco Rocche is sensational stuff. It combines... Read More

The ostentatious, staggering 1997 Barolo Bricco Rocche possesses a dark garnet color with amber at the edge. The explosive bouquet of coffee liqueur, licorice, spice box, black cherries, kirsch, raspberries, and cedar is to die... Read More

The 2000 Barolo Bricco Rocche is fragrant with important aromas of roses, anisette, and cinnamon. Polished and elegant in style, it benefits from the additional freshness and continuity provided by the sensations of mint and tobacco... Read More

Reminiscent of a right bank Pomerol from the late forties, the dark garnet/amber-edged 1997 Barolo Prapo possesses aromas and flavors of singed leather, espresso, melted caramel, black cherries, smoke, and Christmas fruitcake.... Read More

The 2000 Barolo Prapo, from a vineyard in Serralunga d’Alba, is muscular. Classic aromas of rose petals, tar, and licorice are followed by a palate which features red fruit, tobacco, and wild fennel. Dense and brawny, it... Read More