Poderi Aldo Conterno, Barolo, Bussia Granbussia Riserva

Rather short, suspicious looking cork. Not really what I would have expected in a bottle of Barolo from a good producer. I can now recommend standing up this bottle for a week prior to serving. Substantial sediment, slow settling. Quite pale and evolved hue, but with Nebbiolo that's to be expected. Intense, well defined aromas on the evolved fruit, spice and earthy side. Very nice texture with just enough tannin to hold everything together. Long, pleasant finish. Near the end …

1974 vintage

Drinking at its peak. Great nose of tertiary flavors as well as dark cherry, raspberry and some hints of rose petal. Palate had more of everything, especially the fruits. Tannins are fully integrated with a med+ body and med acidity. Full long finish.

1989 vintage

Nebbiolos, white truffles, Volume IX (Chicago, IL) : In contrast to the other three 1974s, this was a very murky bottle of wine, with a nose that showed, well, nothing. The palate was a bit of a different story, as there was quite a bit of darker, black fruit in a plummy character.

1974 vintage

International Random Tasting 2023 : Orange color. Musty and earthy. Not any life after first tasting.

1974 vintage

Strong sweet-balsamic taste, delicious but hard to drink more than one glass in a row bc the taste is so strong

1989 vintage

The nose was not so exciting, but the palate showed great. For a higher rating, though, this would have needed more complexity and a better, cleaner nose. Certainly, at it’s peak, this is one to drink up. TN: The nose is a bit muddy with some soy notes. But the palate is much better. Melted tannins, bright but round acidity and a beautiful aroma composition with red fruit, herbs, minerality, tar, roses. The whole Barolo range and all delivered in …

1989 vintage

Tasted blind as part of a small Sangiovese vs Nebbiolo event. Mature and advanced bouquet, marginally beef juicy initially even. But having given this a bit of space to breath, this dissipated leaving you with nice fresh herbs, fine cedar wood notes, spice and rose water, tar, tobacco and barnyard notes and defined red berry fruit core. The palate was also mature and well-developed, but manages to perfectly marry juicy freshness with advanced, settled aromas. The tannins have molten away …

1989 vintage

- tasted blind - Is red fruity, iodic, rose hips, herbs, more and more ripe red fruit. - On the palate it is lean, puristic and traditional, very much rosehip and rosewater, flint. Not totally explosive on the nose, but very nice drinking. - Extremely aged and silky texture, tannins are still there but nicely melted and jucy and acidity is still very present. The finish is long und in this puristic style just as it should be. But unfortunately …

1989 vintage

nice and elegant, fresh, herbs, sous bois, you can fell that this stuff is aged but it does not disturb the nose… red fruited. fruit rather on the background though, tertiary aromas dominate the nose. very enjoyable right now. no wood, no bullshit, honest, raw and precise. it seemed to be that the nose was lacking a bit of tension over time. others on the table did not have this impression tho. on the palate this wine has still a …

1989 vintage

Tasted blimd. This is as good as it gets. Rose petals and cherry nose. Light on its feet with super fine tannins. Sweet core of fruit, elegant and with a lovely acidity. Surprisingly young tasting and delicious.

1997 vintage

Not as fine as a bottle five years ago, bricking and a bit tired, I blame this bottle as the previous showed no sign of slowing down.

1989 vintage

Perfectly mature. Opened 5 hours before. A quick decant, and the back in the bottle to slow ox until serving. The nose was quite well developed, but still fresh. Dried flowers, earthy, Mushroom, dark cherries, leather and dusty red fruit. On the palate it had velvety soft tannins that just coats the entire mouth. Sour cherries, tobacco, wood and earthy tones in complete harmony. Long lingering finish. This is at peak, or maybe even a year or two over. Enjoy …

1997 vintage

Tasted blind next to the 2001. Wonderful nose of cherries, crushed rose petals. Great acidity, super fine tannins, great length. Notes of dried herbs, pork rinds. Very good and still has years ahead.

1997 vintage

- Was opened for 5 hours in the bottle, without decanting. - Nose: Wow, the Granbussia is full on with earthy notes, mushrooms, plus red fruits of figs, plums and more herbaceous notes, white pepper and caramel. An incredible freshness, depth and variety, you could spend hours with it! - Palate: What comes to mind here? Is just totally mega awesome, wonderful drinkability (acidity medium +) and freshness with earthy and slightly mushroomy character. Medium + tannins that are velvety …

1997 vintage

open in bottle for 5h, after that decanted for 1 more hour. expressive and deeply layered nose with predominately herbs and darkish-red fruits. cinnamon and leather. rustical. compared to the Cicala 10 we had side-by-side this 97 Gran Bussia seemed much less extracted and already smoothened out. tannins grippy. could keep it for another decade at least, imo not at the peak yet.

1997 vintage

(aveugle) la robe un peu trouble est brunie, pas mal de dépôt. Le nez présente tous les marqueurs d'un vin (très) évolué, mais la bouche est droite et ferme, à la fois assagie (tanins fondus) et encore pleine d'énergie. Splendide tenue pour un vin de plus de trente ans, une superbe bouteille.

1989 vintage

Lives up to the billing. Nose of red cherry, flowers, mixed with mushroom, earth complexity. Smell this for days. Palate was medium weight, high acidity. Good stuff here and a treat to try.

1989 vintage

Good times in Seattle (The Butcher's Table, Seattle WA) : Nose: ……….And we have lift off! I almost cried tears of joy realizing this was a sound bottle after an off one in May. The nose is enveloping, but in a way that completely draws you in slowly with deep tones of Black tea, sour red cherries, raspberries, earth, truffles, licorice, all sorts of wild spices, roasted herbs, violets, dried roses, juniper berries, tobacco, and leather. Taste: The feel is …

1989 vintage

This was good, but certainly no fireworks! As it was, it had a nice nose, it was clear and proper in color, but it was a tad volatile and spiky. I got pretty Barolo fertilizer, deep red cherry some brick perceptions. I was hoping with air it would settle and become great as it was it was good! Would love to get a perfect one of these.

1989 vintage

Very good. Deep, savory, rich and concentrated... but still quite elegant and fresh. Opened up nicely, definitely benefited from a few hours of air, honestly could have probably used a few more.

1989 vintage

This is how a big Cru Barolo should be with "a few years" of aging. In a perfect window now. Ultra complex nose, licorice, weed, herbs, dust, earth, salmiak, smoke, roses, tar, spice box, cedar wood, cigar box, tobacco, orange peel, leather, furniture polish, mushrooms, wet forest floor, red cherries and truffles. Taste of roses, tar, sweet licorice, cherries, truffles and crazy delicious sunripe and sweet raspberries. Round, velvety and floral, perfectly balanced with no rough edges and incredible length …

1997 vintage

Goodbye Dinner for a Friend Moving to Willamette (Osteria Langhe - Chicago IL) : I was very much looking forward to this wine, but clearly a bottle that was heat damaged somewhere in its past. Sad because there was clearly so much here.

1989 vintage

This is coming off as past it unfortunately. I was so looking forward to this legendary wine and it’s seen some damage along the way……

1989 vintage

Youthful and acidic out of the bottle, took 30 minutes before it really opened up, after which it was juicy and delicious. I’d recommend a 1-2 hour decant at least when opening today, but this has a long life ahead of it.

1997 vintage

Casual BBQ Wines : Decanted for about 8 hours. Licorice, blackberry, blueberry and ash. Good acid freshness and lift. Really well balanced - flows sleekly and has excellent length.

1997 vintage

Stunning! Vibrant and rich with dark fruit, silky tannins, and an incredible finish. Opened on 29 July 2020 to accompany a grilled ribeye steak. Wow!

1989 vintage

Stunning wine ! Best nebbiolo ever for me ! Needed 5 h of decanting. Changed every 20 sec in the glass. Tar, roses, licorice, dark berries. After a while herbal notes , huge freshness that lifts it up. Superbalance between big middle show and the long finish with noticable acid. This will last for even another 30 years. Loved it

1989 vintage

Very oxidative. NR

1989 vintage

During an Italian blind tasting dinner. This was very ripe, had meaty, even maggy notes to it, which points towards oxidation. Still drinkable but probably not a representative bottle, so I withheld a score.

1989 vintage

Barolo Ginestra : One of the disappointments of the tasting. Bouquet was quite lactic and it missed vibrancy. On the palate it was rather one dimensional with quite developed tannins. Probably a not perfect bottle.

1997 vintage

OMG is this good. This is in a perfect place right now with sweet tobacco and dark plum and cedar notes on the nose and palate. Cleverly put together, the texture is so smooth it glides in your mouth. Long finish. Great wine.

1997 vintage

Smooth palate with dry dark cherry, wet rocks, dark soil tones and licorice. Needs time. 92+

1997 vintage

1989 Piedmont Retrospective (Cinghiale, Baltimore) : Expressive nose displaying concentrated red and black fruit, black cherry, strawberry jam, licorice, mint, caramel, leather and limestone. Excellent concentration, generous amount of concentrated black fruit, dense yet silky, bright acidity, strong earthy mineral, still noticeable yet non obtrusive tannins and a long sweet black fruit driven finish. This is a big scale wine that will drinking beautifully for a couple more decades.

1989 vintage

1989 Nebbiolo at Cinghiale (Cinghiale, Baltimore) : '89 Nebbiolo at Cinghiale Deep and darker fruited. Great perfume. Roses, tar, some ferrous notes. Rich and dense yet with sap and great lift. A structured, powerful wine, full bodied and carrying it very well. It is more muscular than most of the wines tonight, yet maintains harmony. Finishes long and dark with more ferrous, balsamic and savory on the back end. Impressive and still somewhat youthful.

1989 vintage

Apéritif Shlappes and Markus - clos des lambrays 02/03

1997 vintage

Opened for my wife's relatives for dinner. This was a wine non-serious wine drinkers wanted a third glass of. Fantastic Barolo. We didn't have time to decant much, I poured everyone a small glass and the rest went into the decanter. Initially a bit tannic, it smoothed out substantially in a couple hours. I planned to hold out all night to see how it evolved and leave some for tomorrow but it was just too good. My glass was stolen …

1997 vintage

BN fill and partially stained cork. This bottle came across a bit tired initially, but not obviously cooked or heat damaged. It did become a pleasant drink after being opened a couple hours. Probably less than ideal storage before I acquired it.

1989 vintage

Oksidert.

1997 vintage

Light red fruits, high acidity...

1997 vintage

With Jim, Mannie, Rob, Bill and friends at Charlie Bird. Part of a flight of 9 1989s. very young and primary and acidic

1989 vintage

At Magdalena Double decanted earlier in the day great lift on the nose, with both fruit and savory notes that are at a level not yet reached this night. Iron, more violets than roses, and expansive palate, broad and harmonious, powerful and youthful. It seems to combine the best parts of the contrasting Cicala and Colonello and achieve a greater whole. Great wine. 96

1989 vintage

Our last of a 6 pack. 93 once again and very consistent. This wine is now drinking at peak we believe and glad to have kept our last bottle till now ( First drunk in 2011). The fruit is very much present albeit mellow, not pronounced, light earthy notes, lively and with good life in it. It will definitely last quite a bit more but just a joy now.

1997 vintage

酸度过高，杯醒三小时进入开始好喝，下次尝试直接换瓶，四小时后入杯，双肾发酵浸皮偏新派，但陈年都是大slavonian桶陈的

1997 vintage

Slow Ox for 22 hours. Start to show its true quality in glass with more swirling. Classic Barolo dried floral, dried red fruits, rose petal, tar, leather, earth, noticeable okiness. So well balanced, complex, long and easy to understand. Worth the wait.

1997 vintage

Mushroom, ink, tar and black fruit. Palate is really deep and concentrated with great precision. Still a baby. 92+

1989 vintage

Great bottle. Decanted and started consuming immediately. Delicate floral nose (violets and roses), tar, mushrooms, tart dark cherries. Kept evolving all night, bringing out tones of balsamic and sorghum.

1989 vintage

Very elegant. Decanted for about an hour and drank over the next hour. Just so well made and balanced in every respect. Tannins and acidity both in a perfect place. Flavors were big but very nuanced. 94+

1997 vintage

I really liked this, a 'Burgundian' Barolo. Time has been kind as 5 years ago my notes said that the acid is overwhelming. Tonight, not the case. Very nice balance. Color is a translucent red, more 'rose petal' than 'forest floor', acid and tannin nicely in balance with the fruit. Some secondary development, a very tasty bottle. Went great with both the white truffle risotto and the fettuccine with white truffles.

1997 vintage

GRANBUSSIA. Consumed with rack of lamb, cranberry stuffing, french green beans… The wine was certainly very different than any other I've had, and in a good way! Some might say it is Burgundian style, others rustic. For me it was quite pleasant to enjoy it! Light red that did have plenty of character, a bit of time, a hit on spice, plenty of savory caramel on the finish, soft tart fruit filled the body. Nose was wonderful! Very rustic as …

1997 vintage

decanted for 2 hours, in the nose violet, tar, underwood, roses, in the mouth red and dark berries, elegant, still fine acidity, long aftertaste, I guess at his peak, perfect to venison, a complex wine for me at the same level as the Sperrs 1997

1997 vintage

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