Barbaresco San Stunet 2017 150cl

The 2017 Barbaresco San Stunet offers gorgeous breadth and resonance. Dark cherry, spice, new leather, menthol, licorice and rose petal open effortlessly in a resonant Barbaresco endowed with notable depth and clout. Deceptive in its mid-weight structure, the 2017 is powerful yet also impeccably balanced. In fact, it is one of the more complete wines I have tasted from Busso in some time.

This wine draws its fruit from the village of Treiso, and Piero Busso has done a fine job across all his new releases. The 2017 Piero Busso 2017 Barbaresco San Stunet shows a lot of pretty fruit and some signs of the hot vintage, with underlined aromas of ripe cherry and redcurrant. That bouquet of red fruit moves quickly along and transitions to earthy tones, crushed stone and slate.