Barolo Bussia Aldo Conterno 1973

Aldo Conterno Barolo Bussia 1973 is a mature-vintage Nebbiolo red wine from the Barolo appellation of Piedmont, northern Italy. This is a very mature vintage Nebbiolo from Aldo Conterno, one of the great names of Barolo winemaking. The son of Giacomo Conterno, and so part of the now-revered Conterno winemaking dynasty, Aldo sought to make Barolos in a softer, more fruit-forward style than his father. Yet his Nebbiolos could still be described as classical, with ageing in traditional large-format oak botti and with a rare level of complexity that was only revealed after many years of ageing in bottle. Barolo Bussia DOCG comes from an amphitheatre-shaped vineyard in the Bussia Monforte d’Alba area. This historic wine was produced for the first time at Prunotto as a single vineyard wine in 1961.