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Manzone Giovanni
Manzone Barolo Castelletto DOCG
Piedmont · Italy·Vintage 2020
Critics
Tasting note
Floral with an undertone of cedar and wood to the cherry and berry character. Medium-bodied with fine, creamy tannins and a delicately fruity finish. It’s a balanced and harmonious wine.
The wine
- Grape
- Nebbiolo
- Style
- Red
- Size
- 750ml
- Winemaker
- Manzone family (Giovanni, Mauro, Mirella Manzone)
- Vine age
- Vineyard replanted in 1999
- Vinification
- Hand-harvested mid/late October. Spontaneous fermentation with 30–40 days' skin maceration and gentle pump-overs.
- Ageing
- About 3 years in casks plus a few months in concrete tanks; bottled during the waning moon; released c. 5 years after harvest.
- Soil
- Clay and calcareous (Castelletto MGA, Monforte d'Alba; E–SE 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.