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Manzone Giovanni
Manzone Barolo Bricat DOCG
Piedmont · Italy·Vintage 2018
Critics
Tasting note
A red with intensity of ripe berries and plums with some walnuts. It’s full-bodied, yet tensioned and toned. The vivid finish shows energetic texture.
The wine
- Grape
- Nebbiolo (producer notes a small portion of the old 'Rosé' Nebbiolo variety)
- Style
- Red
- Size
- 750ml
- Winemaker
- Manzone family (Giovanni, Mauro, Mirella Manzone)
- Vine age
- Original vines over 50 years old (a small part of the old Nebbiolo 'Rosé' sub-variety)
- Vinification
- Hand-harvested mid/late October. Spontaneous fermentation with 30–40 days' skin maceration and gentle pump-overs.
- Ageing
- About 3 years in barrels plus a few months in concrete tanks; bottled during the waning moon; released c. 5 years after harvest.
- Soil
- Calcareous and sandy with layers of red clay (Gramolere MGA, Monforte d'Alba; SW exposure)
The producer
Manzone Giovanni
Monforte d’Alba · Barolo, PiedmontFounded 1925approx. 8.5 ha of vineyardmanzonegiovanni.com
The Manzone family has farmed the same land in Monforte d'Alba since 1925, now in its fifth generation with Giovanni, Mauro and Mirella. Around 8.5 hectares on the Gramolere and Castelletto hills are worked without herbicides or chemical fertilisers, with spontaneous fermentations, long macerations and bottling on the waning moon. Giovanni also rescued the rare Rossese Bianco grape, gaining it DOC recognition after 30 years of work.