Barolo Bussia Cicala 2016 (OCB : 3 x 750ml )

The Poderi Aldo Conterno 2016 Barolo Bussia Cicala offers a ripe fruit profile with layers of menthol and medicinal herb. The finish is beautiful, long and chalky, and you don't get as much alcohol in the Cicala (compared to Romirasco). The fruit is dried and streamlined, and this wine does show good promise for aging. The tannins are beautiful, coating your teeth and palate with no bitter edge. About 6,000 bottles were made.

Bright ruby with a fine garnet edge. Very intense, full nose of ripe cherries, plums and some liquorice, in the background roasted hazelnuts. Highly toned, grippy tannins on the palate, full and dense, dark fruit. Very good concentration, still in an embryonic stage, needs time to evolve, great wine for ageing.