Prunotto Barolo Bussia

Published Sept. 19, 2008 at 1:03 p.m.


is a wine that has managed to evade me over the last 3 years. is a highly respected company, the is a...super star of Italian wine and yet I have never tasted this wine. Even though the great of Italian wine own () it has still managed to pass me by. I've seen it, I've picked it up, I've played with it but only this week did I actually purchase a bottle. So last night I thought it was about time to break my duck and see what all the...is about.

is always talked about in terms of value. These are steady 90-94 point efforts year on year but the prices, even in the best vintage, even in this magnificent 2004 vintage, rarely go over the €50 mark. Like all wines this comes from 100% grapes, this particular comes from the vineyards in...The 2004 vintage saw the wines aged in majority new french oak with some second year barrels for a smaller proportion of the wine. Fancy!

- Did it make me happy?

. Even though the of last Friday was 2001, just those 3 years make a difference but clearly both should be left far longer than this. However, like any crime, if you have to commit infanticide at least do it with some gusto. This wine is no where near its potential but still it's a great bottle of wine and if I do feel the need to rob a of its wine destiny I will probably pick on again!
2004 - - €45
and a very long finish. Drinking really well today but don't do it. 93 Points

! This is another case of a wine that you will get the most enjoyment from if you buy 12 and open one year on year. Wine evolves like nothing else, this is what makes it so interesting, so and at times, so frustrating. It's great fun to taste through the same vintage year on year, however, I'd still wait till 2012 before you even begin your ! Someone has to do this for me, I want to know that one person will buy 12 bottles of this wine and every year come back to me and tell me all about it. Of course I could do it myself but I'm already in danger of serious *


- €46

- £37
carries the 94! - AU$110


is not a real word...is though, very soon I will be in real danger of that too but more on that next month.Italian Wine Blog - Wine90


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