Very perfumed and pretty with a dense palate of fruit and firm tannins. Lots of strawberry, cedar and citrus. Shaved chocolate, too. Better in 2017.

Good dark red. Distinctly darker on the nose than the Villero, offering scents of medicinal black fruits and licorice. Juicy, tightly wound and youthfully imploded, showing limited fruit and personality today. Much more tannic, too: does this have the mid-palate fruit to evolve gracefully? This may be in an awkward post-bottling stage today.

The 2010 Barolo Bussia is a bright and cherry-driven expression of Nebbiolo. The wine shows some distant sweetness with Morello cherry blackberry and prune in center stage. It feels a little ripe with some raisin in there as well. You also get exotic spice and barbecue smoke. The wine shows fine tannins and good length on the finish.