"Deepish red colour with purple tints and touch of brick-red. The bouquet is strong on dried herbs and straw, very savoury and non-fruity, the palate confirming this style in an emphatic way. Traces of meat-stock, dried porcini mushrooms, and the tannins are very drying and massive on the full-bodied palate. A statuesque, stately wine - very dry and very savoury, with great length and sapidity. Terrific stuff." - Real Review
"The purity of fruit is impressive here with dried strawberries and raspberries with hints of dried flowers. It’s medium-to full-bodied, racy and polished. Drinkable now, but a few years will make it even better." - James Suckling
"Ripe raspberry, toffee apple, rose oil, lavender, and spiced biscuits. It’s full-bodied, with ample red fruit, plenty of open-weave tannin, aniseed perfume, fresh strawberry acidity, and firm sandy grip on a long and rich finish. It’s bold, but has plenty of energy." - Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
"The 2016 Barolo Bussia is laced with a whole range of sweet floral and balsamic overtones, along with striking underpinnings of structure and tannin that give the wine its shape. A wine of energy, tension and nuance, the Bussia is just superb in 2016. Time in the glass brings out its ample, expansive richness. I can't wait to see how it ages." - Antonio Galloni, Vinous
