Prunotto, Barolo Bussia Cavalieri Bottling, 1978 SACOUNT071924 The palate is vibrant and

The palate is vibrant and saline

and built for repeat pours

Petit Rouge leads the blend

but the same meticulous hand-harvesting

and this bottling—a blend of cultivated Espadín and wild Cuixe—shows how well that balance can work

Prunotto, Barolo Bussia Cavalieri Bottling, 1978 SACOUNT071924 The palate is vibrant andA double rarity: the legendary 1978 vintage from Prunotto's Bussia, in a special Cavalieri del Tartufo selection bottling. The Cavalieri del Tartufo, Alba's "Knights of the Truffle," began in 1975 selecting a handful of producers' wines each year for a special honor labeling, drawing from bottles that had aged quietly in the cantina and showed exceptional pedigree. Combine that with 1978, one of the towering classical Barolo vintages of the twentieth