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Costa di Bussia, Tenuta Arnulfo
Costa di Bussia's classic Barolo, made from its own Nebbiolo on the Bussia hill at Monforte d'Alba. It rests 18 months in large Slavonian oak casks. Expect rose, ripe red fruit and spice, with silky tannin.
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Costa di Bussia makes this Barolo from Nebbiolo on the lower slopes of the Bussia hill, then ages it 18 months in large Slavonian oak casks. The estate's own note finds rose, ripe red fruit and spice, with silky tannin and a long finish.
The nose shows rose, ripe and jammy red fruit and a thread of spice. There are earthy, leathery notes too, and a hint of tobacco. The Nebbiolo grows on Costa di Bussia's lower slopes of the Bussia hill, facing south and south-west.
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SpicyDry, with silky tannin and a long flavour of red fruit and spice. Tannin and alcohol sit in balance, which the estate's own note stresses. The wine spends 18 months in large Slavonian oak casks of 5,000 litres before bottling. The 2022 comes from a hot, dry year whose Barolos are generally inviting young.
The finish is long, as Costa di Bussia's own sheet promises, with rose and spice that linger and an earthy, smoky edge at the end.
This is the estate's classic Barolo, made alongside its Vigna Campo dei Buoi, the Luigi Arnulfo selection and a Riserva. Drinkers rate it well across many vintages, and we would open the 2022 from now until 2037.
Vino.com is the one shop on this page, with the 2022 at £28 a bottle, so there is no price to compare here. That makes it one of the cheaper Barolos on this site, from an estate that grows all its own grapes.
Best value and Best with food lead the scores. At £28 this is one of the cheaper Barolos on this site, and its silky Nebbiolo tannin wants braised beef, game or aged cheese.
At £28 this is one of the cheaper Barolos on this site. Yet it comes from the estate's own vines and names its hill, Bussia, on the label.
Silky but present Nebbiolo tannin needs food. Game, roasts and aged cheese, the matches Costa di Bussia names, bring out its red fruit and spice.
A Barolo from the Bussia hill, made by an estate founded in 1874, makes a fine gift or Sunday lunch bottle at £28.
The estate gives this Barolo about 15 years. The hot, dry 2022 made wines that are inviting young, so we would drink it by 2037 rather than keep it for decades.
A fair first Barolo: the tannin is silky and 2022 Barolos are generally inviting young. It is still a dry, tannic red, so it suits someone who already enjoys bold wines.
At £28, with Nebbiolo tannin that wants food, this is a bottle for a weekend roast rather than a weeknight glass.
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A compact view of what the Barolo denomination actually requires, and how this bottle sits inside it. Pulled from the official Italian disciplinare.
Only the 2022 is on sale here. That year has been called the driest in Piedmont's history, and most growers picked early. Its Barolos are generally inviting young, so we would drink this one from 2026 to 2037.
The 2022 season has been called the driest in Piedmont's history, and most growers picked early. Barolos from it are generally inviting young, and with the estate's 15-year guide we would drink this one from 2026 to 2037.
The 2022 season has been called the driest in Piedmont's history, and most growers picked early. Barolos from it are generally inviting young, and with the estate's 15-year guide we would drink this one from 2026 to 2037.
Drink-now / hold guidance reflects general style cues for this wine, not a forecast for a specific bottle. Where vintage-level editorial notes exist, they appear above.
Luigi Arnulfo and his father bought the Bertoroni farmhouse on the Bussia hill in 1874. By the end of the 1800s his Barolo was reaching California. Paolo and Guido Sartirano invested in the estate in 1988, and its first wines as Costa di Bussia came from the 1990 harvest. Critics scored this Barolo's 2016, 2017 and 2018 vintages between 90 and 94 points.
Italian wine law sorts bottles into a pyramid. DOCG sits at the top: tightly drawn boundaries, prescribed grapes, mandatory ageing, government tasting before release. DOC is the same idea with looser thresholds. IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) is broader still, requiring only that 85% of the grapes come from the named territory.
Barolo is in the DOCG tier. That is not a quality verdict, it is a description of how much freedom the producer has at vinification and ageing.
Barolo falls within Piedmont, covering Cuneo, Langhe: Barolo, Castiglione Falletto, Serralunga d'Alba, La Morra, Monforte d'Alba, Novello, Verduno, Grinzane Cavour, Diano d'Alba, Cherasco, Roddi. The denomination is further divided into 11 sub-zones.
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Producer: Costa di Bussia, Tenuta Arnulfo, Monforte d'Alba. Directions
Wine route in the zone: Langhe Nebbiolo Route.
A 2022 Barolo could not go on sale before January 2026, so each vintage is held for over three years. Costa di Bussia ages this one for 18 of those months in large Slavonian oak casks.
Every bottle comes from the estate's own 11 hectares around the cellar. The harvest is done strictly by hand, on rows where machines are hard to use, and that labour sits inside the £28 price.
This Barolo comes from the estate's 4.5-hectare Nebbiolo vineyard on the lower slopes, which also feeds its Arcaplà and the Luigi Arnulfo selection. Barolo rules also cap the crop at 8 tonnes of grapes a hectare.
Of a £28 bottle, about £8 is tax: roughly £3.33 of alcohol duty at 14.5% and £4.67 of VAT.
This classic Barolo spends 18 months in cask, while the estate's Luigi Arnulfo selection spends 36. Less time in wood means less cellar cost than its longer-aged Barolos.
Dishes that go with this wine
Costa di Bussia suggests game, roasts and aged cheese for this Barolo. Its silky Nebbiolo tannin still needs protein and fat to soften it, and truffle or porcini suit its earthy side. Hot chilli does not.
Long-cooked meat softens the grip of this Barolo's Nebbiolo tannin, so the wine tastes rounder and the meat tastes richer. Game and roasts are what Costa di Bussia suggests for it.
Try with: Brasato al Barolo · Venison Stew · Beef stew · Ossobuco alla Milanese
A roast has the weight to stand up to a Barolo from the Bussia hill, so neither drowns the other. The wine's ripe red fruit and spice bring out the browned, savoury crust.
Try with: Sunday Roast Beef · Roast Pheasant · Roast Duck · Beef wellington · More pairings →
Salt and fat in a hard, aged cheese soften this Barolo's tannin and let its red fruit show. Aged cheese is one of the three matches the estate names for its Nebbiolo.
Try with: Cheese board · Strong cheddar cheese · Pecorino sardo e pan carasau
The earthy, leathery notes in this Barolo echo the scent of truffle and porcini, so each makes the other taste deeper. Its silky Nebbiolo tannin will not swamp a delicate pasta.
Try with: Tajarin al Tartufo · Truffle risotto · Porcini mushroom risotto · Tagliatelle al tartufo di Acqualagna · More pairings →
Nebbiolo's tannin grips the fat in a slow-cooked meat sauce and clears the palate for the next forkful. The spice in this Barolo also suits long-cooked tomato and meat.
Try with: Ragu alla bolognese · Lasagna · Agnello Ragu Lucano · More pairings →
Chilli heat makes this Barolo's tannin feel harsh and its alcohol burn, and the spice flattens its red fruit. Keep the Nebbiolo for milder, meaty food.
Skip with: Chicken madras · Szechuan beef · Crispy chilli beef · Jungle Curry · Pairing guide →
The estate gives this Barolo about 15 years of life. The 2022 comes from a hot, dry year whose Barolos are inviting young. We would open it from now until 2037 rather than keep it for decades.
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A short splash decant softens the first-pour edge and opens the aromatics.
Aim for the cooler end on a warm day; warmer end opens up more aromatics.
The estate gives this Barolo about 15 years. The hot, dry 2022 made wines that are inviting young, so we would drink it by 2037 rather than keep it for decades.
£27.60 for a 75cl bottle of the 2022, at Vino.com, is the best price we track, and we have no signal of further discounting.
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Confidence · HighDrawn from what drinkers consistently report on Vivino, summarised in our own words. A crowd read across many tasters, not a single critic. Drinkers score it 4.0 out of 5 from 3,582 ratings on Vivino.
Confidence · MediumFrom the official Italian disciplinare for this denomination, cross-checked against the Ministry of Agriculture register.
Confidence · HighOur reading of the price, from how this wine is made, UK duty and VAT and the price shops charge for it today. Not a quote from the producer or a retailer.
Confidence · MediumThe drinking years for the main offer apply to its 2022 vintage. Treat them as advice, not a forecast for the bottle in your hand.
Confidence · MediumIt smells of rose, ripe red fruit and spice, and it is dry and silky with a long finish. The estate calls it inviting and spicy. Drinkers most often pick out earthy, leathery notes, then tobacco and cherry.
Bussia is one of the official named areas that Barolo rules allow on a label. Costa di Bussia stands on the Bussia hill, between the villages of Barolo and Monforte d'Alba. It has printed the name on this wine since the 2010 vintage, under rules brought in that year.
It spends 18 months in large Slavonian oak casks of 5,000 litres, then rests in bottle. Barolo rules ask for at least 38 months of ageing, 18 of them in wood, so the 2022 could not go on sale before January 2026.
We would drink it from now until 2037. The estate gives this Barolo about 15 years, and 2022, a hot and dry year, made Barolos that are inviting young.
Vino.com sells the 2022 at £28 a bottle. It is the one shop on this page, so there is no price to compare here.
Braised beef, game, roasts and hard aged cheese suit it best, and the estate itself names game, roasts and aged cheese. Truffle pasta and porcini risotto match its earthy side. Avoid hot chilli, which makes the tannin taste harsh.
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