Château La Vieille Cure’s 2018 is a standout example of how good Fronsac can be—especially in a blockbuster vintage like this
Vintage to vintage the blend shifts
head-trained vines were planted between roughly 1900 and 1955 in red gravelly alluvial soil
opulent side of Chateauneuf
The 2024 vintage captures zesty tropical aromas and vibrant acidity with minimal intervention
Giuseppe Rinaldi, Barolo Bussia, 2021 041125LoireOffer Château La Vieille Cure’s 2018Bussia is Barolo with its shoulders back. Monforte d'Alba's most storied hillside makes Nebbiolo built on muscle darker fruit, deeper tannin, a longer runway and in Rinaldi's hands that power gets handled the old way: native ferments, long macerations, and aging in large old Slavonian casks, with nothing new oaky anywhere in the picture. Expect black cherry and dried herbs, licorice, iron and crushed rock, wrapped in tannins that mean business. The