{"product_id":"orlando-rocca-sprun-barolo-bussia-docg-2020","title":"Orlando Rocca SPRUN  Barolo Bussia DOCG (2020) –– Piemonte","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eA serious Barolo from a very small parcel: less than half a hectare of Bussia, one of Monforte d'Alba's great crus, so there is never much of it. It is made by Orlando Rocca, who started at seventeen and trained at Pojer e Sandri, and it shows — precise, elegant and honest, with the fruit and fine tannin of a Barolo that will keep improving for years. Few bottles, a young winemaker with the right teachers, and a wine that already deserves the name on the label.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE GRAPE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNebbiolo, and nothing else. A grape that behaves like a difficult genius — late to ripen, allergic to the wrong hillside, pale in the glass and then it grabs you by the tannins. In Bussia, one of Monforte d'Alba's great crus, it finds the clay and limestone it has been sulking for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE WINE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSprun is the name of Orlando's little corner of Bussia, and 2020 was a generous year for it: ripe, open, a warm vintage that gave the wine flesh without stealing its nerve. Sour cherry and dried rose, a smear of liquorice, tar underneath. It rests in oak long enough to soften, not long enough to forget where it comes from. Drink it now with an hour in a decanter, or leave it alone until 2035 and thank us later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFOOD PAIRING\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrasato al Barolo, obviously — the wine in the pot and the wine in the glass. Beyond that: tajarin with butter and white truffle when autumn behaves, a slow-roast shoulder of lamb, aged Toma or Castelmagno. Rich, slow food. It is not a wine for a Tuesday salad.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE WINEMAKER \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eBorn in Monforte d'Alba in 2003, Orlando Rocca was sixteen when a small family plot in Bussia came free. The sensible thing was to rent it out. He decided to farm it himself instead. His first vintage was 2020, made in the middle of lockdown with school lessons playing through his headphones while he worked the rows — which tells you most of what you need to know about him. A stint at Pojer e Sandri, his sister Cecilia alongside him, and a tiny range of Barolo, Langhe Nebbiolo and Barbera d'Alba made the same way: vines tended by hand, decisions made slowly, nothing added for show. In the Langhe you have to earn the right to talk about Barolo. Orlando is earning it fast.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orlando Rocca","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57481592897911,"sku":null,"price":69.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0297\/7208\/7349\/files\/Shoreditch-Orlando-Rocca-Sprun-Barolo.png?v=1790072019","url":"https:\/\/shop.passionevino.co.uk\/products\/orlando-rocca-sprun-barolo-bussia-docg-2020","provider":"Passione Vino","version":"1.0","type":"link"}