{"product_id":"moscone-barolo-bussia-docg-750ml","title":"Moscone Barolo Bussia DOCG 2016 750ml","description":"\u003cp\u003eMoscone Barolo Bussia is 100% Nebbiolo from a single vineyard in Bussia, the best-known cru of Monforte d'Alba. The Moscone family have grown grapes at Sant'Anna in Monforte for more than a century, since great-grandfather Giacinto began working the land; today the vineyards are looked after by cousin Marco Moscone, with consultant oenologist Donato Lanati.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe family farms six hectares in Bussia, on the narrow Visette ridge first bought by Livio Moscone. Barolo Bussia comes from the highest, best-exposed part of the site, facing south and south-west at 450 to 480 metres, where white and bluish marl over limestone gives the wine a mineral edge. Vines are Guyot-trained at about 4,500 per hectare and picked by hand in October.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eIn the cellar\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoscone macerates the grapes on their skins for around 20 days, fermenting at about 26°C in stainless steel, and completes malolactic before winter. In spring the wine moves into large 50-hectolitre oak casks for at least 30 months, then into steel for at least another 12 before bottling. Barolo DOCG itself requires at least three years of ageing, a year and a half of it in oak.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eProducer tasting notes\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eGarnet with orange glints. Red fruit preserve and berries, withered rose and violet, then spice, liquorice, leather and forest floor. The palate is enveloping and elegant, with polished tannins and a freshness that Moscone sees as the sign of long ageing potential.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe 2016 vintage\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eCritics rate 2016 highly. Antonio Galloni of Vinous counted it among the classic, possibly epic, Piedmont vintages of its decade, and Kerin O'Keefe described a cool, wet spring followed by one of the longest, latest harvests in years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eServing\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eServe at 16 to 18°C. Moscone suggests game, grilled prime cuts, stews and bollito misto, as well as truffle, liver and sheep's milk cheeses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExplore the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/italian-wine\"\u003eItalian wine collection\u003c\/a\u003e or try the house's \u003ca href=\"\/products\/moscone-barbaresco-docg-750ml\"\u003eBarbaresco 2020\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDelivered Australia-wide. Standard delivery is $9.99 in NSW and $15 to the rest of Australia, free on orders of $200 or more with the code FREEDELIVERY, and Express is $20.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Moscone","offers":[{"title":"Single Bottle","offer_id":53444157112501,"sku":"SS-RED-0224-B","price":104.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Case of 6","offer_id":53444157145269,"sku":"SS-RED-0224-C6","price":597.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Case of 12","offer_id":53444157178037,"sku":"SS-RED-0224-C12","price":1134.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0995\/2824\/5429\/files\/spirit-street-moscone-barolo-bussia-docg-750ml-single-source.png?v=1791271103","url":"https:\/\/spiritstreet.com.au\/products\/moscone-barolo-bussia-docg-750ml","provider":"Spirit Street","version":"1.0","type":"link"}