Cesare Bussolo
Pio Cesare
Gavi Cortese 2019
Wine is clear with pale yellow, on nose its citrus, honeysuckle, italian herbs like rosemary, thyme, its beautiful. On palate wine is full bodied, long, elegant structure, balanced acidity. Its not too complex but its delicious. Drink it now and enjoy it while you can! Cheers — 7 months ago
Cesare Bussolo
San Bartolomeo Dolcetto d'Alba 2020
What a pretty wine. Gorgeous and grapey nose, spice, white pepper, jelly donut filling, and just so clean and vivid. Cesare has the touch. Palate is lush and juicy, with gorgeous fruit and such a subtle way about it. Really fine tannins and such incredible balance and delicacy. Such a sneaky persistent finish. This is so refined. I am blown away. What a wine. — a year ago
Pio Cesare
Ornato Barolo Nebbiolo 2019
Classy Barolo. Dry, pretty floral notes. Half bottle, @ Majorelle w/ Sayer and Dana. — a month ago
Pio Cesare
Barolo Nebbiolo 2010
2010 a strong vintage & still accending. Costco Ribcap vs Allen Brothers.
Sofia & I stayed in downtown Alba in 2015. Arrived early evening & sadly after their big wine festival. Pio Cesare was around the corner and down two blocks from our hotel. Historic as hell.
I bought this at Costco for around $49.
Nebbiolo young is a huge tarry grape. The Italian’s ferment this with a lot of new wood. They actually hold Nebbiolo/Barolo in bottle and extra year or more before release. Also, longer than most other world regions based largely on the grape & even more their wood use.
This is drinking nicely after a four hour decant, but it is still ascending and another 10-15 years of good drinking ahead…properly stored.
Even with this age, its tarriness is the first descriptor. Followed by heated dark spices, slightly, dry b lackberries, dry, slight tart, dark cherries, black raspberries, black plum, some strawberries, tea leaves, black licorice to anise, sandstone, limestone, dry crushed rocks, dry top soil & brush, dry herbs, dry tobacco, light; clove, nutmeg & hints of vanillin, forest floor w/ dry leaves, some mint, dry, withering, dark, red flowers framed in violets, excellent acidity with a nicely evolved, well; structured, tensioned, balanced, smartly polished finished that goes on & on! — 4 months ago
Matthew Cohen
Wow.
Nose: some earth. Dense blackberries
Palate : dense blackberries. Licorice. So juicy and bright. Utterly delicious.
Fass selections — 19 days ago