opulent side of Chateauneuf
The 2023 is a blend of local white grape varieties
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
Vintage to vintage the blend shifts
Giuseppe Rinaldi, Barolo Bussia, 2021 041125LoireOffer opulent side of ChateauneufBussia 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