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Manzone Barolo Castelletto 2016 - First Bottle

Technical Details

Blend	Nebbiolo
Country	Italy
Region	Piedmont
Appellation	Barolo
Vineyard	Castelletto
Farming Method	Certified Sustainable
Aging/Cooperage	3 years in casks and a few months in concrete tanks
Alcohol	14.5

Manzone Barolo Castelletto 2016

Nebbiolo | Italy

WA94, VN93

$47.95 $85.00 - 750mL

It seems like only weeks ago (November last year) when we visited with Mauro to taste all the upcoming vintages and the current ones, including the riveting ‘16s. Wow, so much power and complexity, longevity and length wrapped up in such ethereal weight. A MUST. And at our price? Pretty much a no-brainer, while it lasts...

Giovanni Manzone bought the "Preve Ciabot" (the priest's house) in 1925, and acquired the coveted Castelletto and Gramolere vineyards in Monforte, before most of the wine world even knew of Barolo. Their 2 acre parcel of Castelletto is prime, perched at the apex of the vineyard at 1,350 feet elevation, and is literaly steps from the winery. Castelletto is their most coveted and smallest production wine, making just over 450 cases of this beauty.

Today his Giovanni's son, Mauro, is heading up most of the winemaking, and we are so proud to have had a chance meeting with them some years back and to be importing them directly to our Napa warehouse. Since then, they’ve gone on to massive critical acclaim and have become internationally allocated wines, but we still get a few cases!

Dried roses, cherries, dried cherries, balsamic, licorice, orange pekoe tea, currants, beautifully polished and fine. Will last for decades! DON’T MISS at our crazy price today!

PAIRING IDEAS: As always, go with the local food – legit tajarin pasta. Buy some at Eataly or at your fave pasta goods shop. Toss it with butter, parm, truffles, bread crumbs...your choice. That’s all you need!

MUSIC SUGGESTIONS: Pair this lovely Barolo with a classic by the one and only Dean Martin - “C’est Si Bon”.

Technical Details

Blend	Nebbiolo
Country	Italy
Region	Piedmont
Appellation	Barolo
Vineyard	Castelletto
Farming Method	Certified Sustainable
Aging/Cooperage	3 years in casks and a few months in concrete tanks
Alcohol	14.5%

About The Producer

A lot of today's famous Barolo producers started making wine when it became the fashionable thing to do in the late 70s and 80s. Not Manzone. It all began in 1925 when Manzone Giovanni bought the "Preve Ciabot" (the priest's house) and began to use grapes from the Castelletto vineyard. In the following years they acquired important vineyards "Castelletto" and "Gramolere", two of the best cru of Monforte d'Alba. Today they have six generations of winemaking history in the books and Giovanni Manzone still runs the show. His son Mauro stepped in to help in 2005 and his daughter Mirella joined in 2012. Both graduated from the historic Alba School of Enology.

Reviews

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Drawing fruit from Monforte d'Alba (always known for its power and depth), the 2016 Barolo Castelletto shows classic lines and lively fruit intensity that gives the bouquet a pretty sense of lift and power. Red currants, spice, blood orange and rusty nail are part of the aromatic package. Underneath, the wine reveals a solid and tight core of primary fruit that needs time to soften and flesh out. I like the no-nonsense, direct and frank approach of this Barolo by Giovanni Manzone. Some 5,500 bottles were released in June 2020.

Vinous
The 2016 Barolo Castelletto pulses with energy. The flavors are dark and deeply pitched, with tons of balsamic inflections laced throughout. There is a feeling of translucence to the 2016 that is quite appealing. Time in the glass brings out the wine's resonance and breadth. Give it a few years in bottle.