History
The estate began in 1948 in the Albesani vineyard, cultivated by the grandparents of the current family.
Guido Busso, Piero’s father, established the winery with the objective of producing wines that expressed their terroir.
After Guido’s premature death, Piero Busso took over at the end of the 1970s.
The first bottle of Barbaresco Albesani was produced in 1982. Bricco Mondino followed in 1985 from grapes grown in the Balluri area of Neive.
The range expanded with Barbaresco Gallina in 1999 and San Stunet in Treiso in 2000.
In 2010 the family created Barbaresco Albesani Viti Vecchie in memory of Guido. The wine is produced from vines planted in the late 1940s and 1950s.
Today Piero, his wife Lucia and their children Pierguido and Emanuela manage every aspect of the 10-hectare estate: vineyard work, harvest, winemaking and sales.
Terroir
The estate’s ten hectares lie between Neive and Treiso.
Albesani is directly in front of the winery in Neive and reaches a maximum altitude of approximately 240 m. It received official Barbaresco MGA recognition in 2007.
Gallina is another Neive MGA and, like Albesani, is characterised by Sant’Agata marl.
San Stunet lies in Treiso.
Mondino is produced from the Balluri area of Neive.
The estate also cultivates sites for Barbera, Langhe Nebbiolo, Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay.
Winemaking
The estate is certified organic and states that its commitment goes beyond certification.
No herbicides or chemical products are used. The family relies on sustainable treatments and describes this approach as established before environmental awareness became widespread.
Interventions are limited to those considered indispensable.
All work—from vineyard operations and harvesting to cellar and sales—is carried out under direct family supervision.
The family aims to continue in the cellar the respectful work carried out in the vineyard.
The declared objective is to avoid distorting land, vine or fruit and to avoid forcing extraction or style.
Each Barbaresco MGA and old-vine selection is vinified and bottled separately.
The official press area provides individual technical sheets for all eleven current wines. The estate does not publish one uniform production method for every wine.
Philosophy
The Busso philosophy was explicit from the beginning: produce wines that express terroir.
The family defines its desired wine as one that respects land, vine and fruit and draws out the characteristics of all three without distortion or force.
Their work model is also a family model: Piero, Lucia, Pierguido and Emanuela remain involved in every stage of production and sale.