Giuseppe Rinaldi, Barolo Bussia, 2021 041125LoireOffer head-trained vines were planted between

head-trained vines were planted between roughly 1900 and 1955 in red gravelly alluvial soil

This Vieilles Vignes village cuvée draws from about fifteen plots covering three hectares of village-level Chambolle

mineral-driven acidity that makes you want to put a plate of grilled fish in front of it

The 2023 is a blend of local white grape varieties

Vintage to vintage the blend shifts

Giuseppe Rinaldi, Barolo Bussia, 2021 041125LoireOffer head-trained vines were planted betweenBussia is Barolo with its shoulders back. Monforte d'Alba's most storied hillside makes Nebbiolo built on muscle darker fruit, deeper tannin, a longer runway and in Rinaldi's hands that power gets handled the old way: native ferments, long macerations, and aging in large old Slavonian casks, with nothing new oaky anywhere in the picture. Expect black cherry and dried herbs, licorice, iron and crushed rock, wrapped in tannins that mean business. The