{"id":10664,"date":"2022-05-25T15:21:15","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T14:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.baralefratelli.it\/en\/?page_id=10664"},"modified":"2025-10-29T09:42:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T08:42:53","slug":"barolo-docg-bussia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.baralefratelli.it\/en\/barolo-docg-bussia\/","title":{"rendered":"Barolo DOCG Bussia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Bussia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grape variety:<\/strong> 100% Nebbiolo.
Vineyard:<\/strong> municipality of Monforte d’Alba, Bussia Soprana vineyard; plot n. 3, sub – plots 90, 96, 97.
Soil:<\/strong> calcareous; grey marls mixed with grey-brown sandy banks; silty clayloam composition.
Exposure:<\/strong> South-West.
Altitude:<\/strong> 270 m.s.l.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\nDownload pdf<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Cultural notes:<\/strong> vineyard planted in 1982; organic farming. Low guyot pruning system with planted density of 3500 vines per hectare.
Harvest period:<\/strong> first half of October; hand harvested with careful selection of the clusters
Vinification:<\/strong> soft crushing of the grapes with de-stemming; spontaneous fermentation in oak casks; maceration for about 15 – 20 days with frequent and soft pumping over.
Aging:<\/strong> 3 years in medium sized (15 – 30 hl) French oak barrels with the minimum amount of racking necessary. Further maturation in demijohns for the Riserva selection. No filtration before bottling. Bottle aged for at least 12 months.
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Organoleptic characteristics:<\/strong>
Color: ruby red with orange hues.
Nose: intense, hints of dried rose, licorice, tobacco and leather as it ages it acquires spicy notes and a complex \u201cgoudron\u201d.
Mouth: dry, robust but velvety; complex tannic structure and long finish. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Barolo Bussia Grape variety: 100% Nebbiolo.Vineyard: municipality of Monforte d’Alba, Bussia Soprana vineyard; plot n. 3, sub – plots 90, 96, 97.Soil: calcareous; grey marls mixed with grey-brown sandy banks; silty clayloam composition.Exposure: South-West.Altitude: 270 m.s.l.m. Download pdf Cultural notes: vineyard planted in 1982; organic farming. Low guyot pruning system with planted density of 3500 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10664","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baralefratelli.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baralefratelli.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baralefratelli.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baralefratelli.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baralefratelli.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10664"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.baralefratelli.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14789,"href":"https:\/\/www.baralefratelli.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10664\/revisions\/14789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baralefratelli.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}