The wines of Piero Busso, Barbaresco
I tasted through this range with Pierguido Busso, son of the current owner Piero Busso, and grandson of the founder, Guido Busso, who founded the domaine in the 1950s. Hence, Pierguido!
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Piero Busso are based in Neive and make stunning wines from some of Barbaresco’s smartest sites. Winemaking is traditional, but the wines taste very modern (in a good way) – long macerations of up to 45 days, then ageing for 2 years in large (2500 litre) casks made of Slavonian oak.
The wines are available in the UK from Justerini & Brooks, and I’ve given the in bond prices here in brackets.
THE WINES
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Piero Busso Langhe Nebbiolo 2019 Piemonte, Italy
This is fruit-driven and bright with vivid, fleshy cherry fruit. In the mouth this is fine and juicy with direct fruit and massive drinkability. 92/100 (£95 per 6 ib)
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Piero Busso Barbaresco Albesani-Borgese 2018 Piemonte, Italy
Vibrant, fresh and vivid with lovely juicy red cherries and some plums. Fleshy and direct with amazing pure fruit. 94/100 (£250 per 6 ib)
Piero Busso Barbaresco San Stunet 2018 Piemonte, Italy
This is ripe and sweet and textural, showing direct fruit. It has lovely weight with fine-grained red fruits and good purity. Nice grainy structure here: a beautiful wine. 94/100 (£250 per 6 ib)
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Piero Busso Barbaresco Gallina 2017 Piemonte, Italy
Very fine-textured with great concentration to the lovely red fruits, with some grippy structure. Lovely purity with quite a bit of tannin, but maintaining amazing precision. 96/100
Piero Busso Barbaresco Gallina VV 2016 Piemonte, Italy
Very stylish and textural, with a fine-grained structure, dominated by red fruits. Firm tannins back up the nicely textured fruit, which shows great concentration. An intense wine showing such finesse. 96/100
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Piero Busso Barbaresco Albesani VV Riserva 2016 Piemonte, Italy
Very fine and expressive with lovely red cherries, spice, amazing purity and texture. Concentrated and fine with nice balance and a sense of freshness and finesse. Quite thrilling. 97/100
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