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Prunotto, Barolo Bussia Cavalieri Bottling, 1978

Red Wine from Piedmont, Italy
by Prunotto
$129.99
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A double rarity: the legendary 1978 vintage from Prunotto's Bussia, in a special Cavalieri del Tartufo selection bottling. The Cavalieri del Tartufo, Alba's "Knights of the Truffle," began in 1975 selecting a handful of producers' wines each year for a special-honor labeling, drawing from bottles that had aged quietly in the cantina and showed exceptional pedigree. Combine that with 1978, one of the towering classical Barolo vintages of the twentieth century, Prunotto's Bussia (the cru Beppe Colla put on the map in 1961), and Colla's hyper-traditional approach (50-day macerations, big botti), and you have a true museum bottle. Forty-seven years on, the once-impenetrable 1978s have finally relaxed and opened. Drink with patience, ceremony and a slow carafe.

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Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Nebbiolo

  • Vintage

    1978

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Traditional

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Full Bodied

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Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Reverent Piedmontese classics: agnolotti del plin in jus, plain roast capon, aged Castelmagno, white truffle shaved over butter-bathed tajarin. Quiet, low-salt flavors that let a museum-piece Barolo do all the talking.

Tasting Profile

Translucent brick. Complex tertiary nose: dried cherry, rose petal potpourri, leather, truffle, autumn forest, dried herbs, sweet tobacco. Silky resolved tannins, gentle acidity, hauntingly long finish.

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