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| Drinking window: Drink between 2019 and 2030 (based on 50 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 94 pts. and median of 94 pts. in 11 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by skurtz on 3/3/2023 & rated 94 points: Massive nose! Fills up the room with roses, vanilla, and baking spices. Othewise deliciously consistent with my previous notes. (404 views) | | | Tasted by skurtz on 7/12/2022 & rated 94 points: Decanted for 1-3h. Huge nose of cherry and rhubarb compote, rose, and hints of vanilla. On the palate, dense red fruit, tar, mineral, faint tannins, black pepper, and acid in the long peppery finish. Delicious! 93/94 (445 views) | | | Tasted by skurtz on 2/19/2021 & rated 95 points: Opened to breathe for 4h. Wow, what a beautiful wine. Expansive fragrant nose of roses, mineral, and vanilla; on the palate smooth red and dark cherries, tar, mineral, camphor, potting soil, refined tannins, acid in the finish. Medium bodied. Smooth and classy, like a lady in a black evening dress, great fruit, great complexity, evokes the very best of the Langhe. Tonight with grilled chicken. Glad I have more. Drink or hold. Or drink. 94/95 (781 views) | | | Tasted by skurtz on 6/5/2020 & rated 94 points: Opened to breathe for an hour, this is a gorgeous perfumy Barolo, like drinking a bouquet of roses, violets and cherries, wrapped in leather and cottony tannins; beautiful complexity evoking the Langhe, consistent with my previous note. Tonight with beer can grilled chicken (really fabulous pairing) and smashed small potatoes with butter. (970 views) | | | Tasted by skurtz on 3/15/2020 & rated 94 points: Opened to breathe for an hour, tasted head-to-head with the '09 Santo Stefano. The nose has violets and more mineral and baking spices. On the palate, rich mature red fruit, more mineral, great structure and finish. Definitely a notch above the '09 Santo Stefano (so strange, that is usually my favorite cru from this vintner). The polish and structure is really outstanding. I haven't tasted this in 3 years, but it is just as good as when I tried it but for different reasons. In my opinion this is now ready for business, no point in holding this longer from my point of view. Tonight with grilled salmon, sausages, and grilled zucchini. (979 views) | | | Tasted by beatles on 10/26/2017 & rated 93 points: This is a big boy, but certainly in balance, although the warm vintage speaks; classic barolo, tar, tannins, red fruit overall dry impression. Quite open already. #Trio (1535 views) | | | Tasted by skurtz on 6/19/2017 & rated 94 points: At the winery, from Coravin. Smooth classy (and classic) Barolo, perhaps my favorite among the wines tasted here today. It had the full package: a huge leathery nose, big (!) red cherries on the palate but the tannins had softened. Smooth. Ready to be enjoyed now but will improve for 5+ years. I enjoyed this more than the two reserves we tasted! (1328 views) |
| Podere Rocche dei Manzoni Producer WebsiteNebbioloNebbiolo is a red grape indigenous to the Piedmont region of Italy in the Northwest. The grape can also be found in other parts of the world, though they are not as respected.
Nebbiolo is often considered the "king of red wines," as it is the grape of the famed wines of Barolo DOCG, Barbaresco DOCG, and Roero DOCG. It is known for high tannins and acidity, but with a distinct finesse. When grown on clay, Nebbiolo can be very powerful, tannic, and require long aging periods to reach its full potential. When grown on sand, the grape exhibits a more approachable body with more elegant fruit and less tannins, but still has high aging potential.
"Nebbiolo" is named for the Italian word, "nebbia", which means "fog", in Italian and rightfully so since there is generally a lot of fog in the foothills of Piedmont during harvest.
Nebbiolo is a late-ripening variety that does best in a continental climate that boasts moderate summers and long autumns. In Piedmont, Nebbiolo is normally harvested in October.
More links:
Varietal character (Appellation America) | Nebbiolo on CellarTrackerItaly Italian Wines (ItalianMade.com, The Italian Trade Commission) | Italian Wine Guide on the WineDoctorPiedmont Vignaioli Piemontesi (Italian only)
On weinlagen-infoLanghe Consorzio di Tutela Barolo Barbaresco Alba Langhe e Roero | Union of Producers of Albese Wines (Albeisa)BaroloRegional History:
The wines of Piedmont are noted as far back as Pliny's Natural History. Due to geographic and political isolation, Piedmont was without a natural port for most of its history, which made exportation treacherous and expensive. This left the Piedmontese with little incentive to expand production. Sixteenth-century records show a mere 14% of the Bassa Langa under vine -- most of that low-lying and farmed polyculturally. In the nineteenth century the Marchesa Falletti, a frenchwoman by birth, brought eonologist Louis Oudart from Champagne to create the first dry wines in Piemonte. Along with work in experimental vineyards at Castello Grinzane conducted by Camilo Cavour -- later Conte di Cavour, leader of the Risorgimento and first Prime Minister of Italy -- this was the birth of modern wine in the Piedmont. At the heart of the region and her reputation are Alba and the Langhe Hills. This series of weathered outcroppings south of the Tanaro River is of maritime origin and composed mainly of limestone, sand and clay, known as terra bianca. In these soils -located mainly around the towns of Barolo and Barbaresco -- the ancient allobrogica, now Nebbiolo, achieves its renowned fineness and power.
map of Barolo DOCG
An interesting thread on Traditional vs. Modern Barolo producers:
https://www.wineberserkers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=106291 |
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