2014 Giovanni Manzone Barolo Bricat

Community Tasting Notes (4) Median Score: 93 points

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  1/8/2024 - Wild Boar Likes this wine: 94 Points

  No subtleties in this wine. Beautiful garnet color, no bricking, and a powerful nose that hits the varietal expectations of floral, tar, and earth, but adds the complexity of anise, cedar, and mushroom. Mouth is surprisingly soft with no heat and well integrated tannins. Fruit is subdued, but pushes preserved cherries with acidity of fresher fruit. A long finish that manages to exhibit all of its qualities. Lovely.

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  10/20/2023 - kronfeld Likes this wine:

  PnP. No bricking. Pretty youthful looking. Wood and light red fruit on nose. Light body, tannins fully resolved, minimal astringency.
  
  After overnight in fridge under partly compromised vacuum seal, some bricking. Now looks it's age. Held up but didn't particularly develop.

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  10/18/2023 - thesternowl wrote: 93 Points

  The Bricat vineyard is a unique site located within the Gramolere MGA that just so happens to be planted to a healthy percentage of the rare Nebbiolo Rose. Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of an hour. The 2014 “Bricat” pours a striking pale garnet color with an orange-ish rim and a transparent core. Medium+ viscosity with no staining of the tears and no signs of sediment. On the nose a beautiful perfume of tart cherry, roses, tar, dried herbs and dried earth. On the palate, the wine is bone dry with high tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes on the nose. The finish is long, lovely. 2014 was a challenging year throughout Barolo but some producers were able to do quite a lot, despite the challenges. In those cases where hail didn’t annihilate the vines, their efforts in the vineyard to overcome the challenges associated with rain resulted in beautifully honest expressions of the terroir. The 2014 “Bricat” by the Manzone family is such an example. Drink now and through 2034 with ease.

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  7/26/2023 - Ray@Heimbuchassoc.com Likes this wine: 93 Points

  A good clear ruby red with slight brown tones. Attractive pour, Light body, clean fresh finish. It has tannin but not oppressive. Cheery with slight tobacco overtone. Cedar emerges with time. Not bad.

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