my bussia
Bussia is a «woman»
Bussia is a mythical name.
It is full of magic, and it evokes the spirit of Monforte and its excellent Barolo wines.
Bussia is a difficult name to bear.
Cultivating these vineyards is a significant and marvellous challenge. Because Bussia is a «woman».
Cultivating these vineyards is a significant and marvellous challenge. Because Bussia is a “woman.” It is called Gran Dama due to its inner strength, austerity and elegance, but also its eclectic and sensitive character. It requires patience and total dedication, since it constantly changes, from one season to the next and from year to year.
I owe the luck, as well as the honour, of cultivating Bussia vineyards to my father.
He was the first in the family to buy plots of land in the Visette area. It's a narrow and long ridge, running parallel to the vineyards of Pianpolvere and Dardi, steeply sloping towards a small stream flowing through a little wood.
Today, I cultivate six hectares of this extraordinary «temple» of Barolo wine.
In the highest part, which has a better exposure, the Nebbiolo grape variety reaches an unrivalled intensity and elegance. The marl soil combines with a limestone part, making the wine unexpectedly mineral. Here, we harvest the grapes for our Barolo Bussia, made following traditional methods.
«My Bussia» is ever-changing.
Beyond the stream at the valley bottom, where the ground is less steep and there is once again room for the vines, I decided to plant about one and a half hectares of Chardonnay. It was a «lucid madness», in order to exploit the limestone soil to develop a well-structured and incredibly fresh white wine: a bright, white «pearl» in an area typically devoted to the making of red wines. This incomparably fine wine never stops astonishing us.
- Surface area: 6,5 hectares
- Altitude: 200, 350 metres
- Grape variety: Barolo Nebbiolo, Chardonnay
- Soil structure: mainly white-blue marl and rich in limestone
- Exposure: South, South-East