Piero Busso
Barbaresco, Albesani Borghese, 2021
justerini & brooks tasting note
Ripe and expressive and immediately enticing – sweetly fruited, succulent and complex, with a high-toned, detailed feel – likely the best we’ve ever tasted here. Vigna Borghese is a sub-plot in front of the Busso cellar, home to the estate’s oldest vines, averaging fifty years old. A southwest facing vineyard at 280 metres elevation planted on sandy white limestone soils. Aged in 25 hl casks for 24-26 months.
critic reviews
95/100Antonio Galloni,Vinous
The 2021 Barbaresco Albesani Vigna Borgese is another super-expressive wine in this range from Busso. Ripe, layered and resonant in the glass, the 2021 is so alluring. Sweet red cherry fruit, rose petal, mint, sage and blood orange all come alive in the glass. This vivid, nuanced Barbaresco delivers the goods, and then some.
DRINKING WINDOW 2026 - 2036
date of review 10/2025