Podere Rocche Dei Manzoni

Le Rocche Dei Barbari

Riserva Alivio Barbaresco Nebbiolo 2016

Light reddish in color with light intensity.

Really pretty nose, with nice elegance.

Light to medium in body with medium acidity.

Dry on the palate with nice complexity and mouthfeel.

Showing raspberries, cherries, red currants, light wood, spices, wild flowers, chocolates and tobacco.

Medium plus on the finish with round tannins and tangy raspberries.

This is a very tasty Barbaresco with some nice age to it. Elegant and rich. Complex with good structure.

This 8 year old Barbaresco is still young, and will continue to age nicely in the next 15 to 20 years. I had the 1998 not too long ago and it was so much better.

Easy drinking and good by itself or with food.

100% Nebbiolo grapes were aged for 5 years in Oak and Concrete tanks.

14% alcohol by volume.

91 points.

$80.
— 2 months ago

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Podere Rocche dei Manzoni

Valentino Brut Rose 0 Pinot Noir Chardonnay

Ming L
9.2

This is brut zero rose.

The aromatic nose shows pink grapefruit, strawberry, lime, light yeast, and hint of ginger. The palate is vivacious yet poised with round acidity, not something I expected from brut zero. Gentle persistent mousses.

Blend of PN and chard with 60 months on lees. Rocche dei Manzoni was the first winery (and one of the few) from Langhe to produce sparkling wine in tradition method.
— a year ago

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Valentino

Riserva Barolo Nebbiolo 1978

The label says Valentino on the top but the bottom says Podere Rocche dei Manzoni. This is a spectacular wine. Deep, rich and very alive. #2 WOTN. — 2 years ago

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Podere Rocche dei Manzoni

Vigna Big 'd Big Barolo Nebbiolo 2011

Very dark ruby color. Called Big d’ Big for a reason. Bold aromas of violets, pot pourri, leather and dark cherry. Intense flavors of black berry/cherry, figs, vanilla and baking spices. Firm tannins, full bodied and medium-plus acidity. Pretty well balanced. Aged in large barriques. This is a style of Barolo (very fruit forward) more suited to New World wine drinkers. Quite good. Thank You Ron B. — 3 years ago

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le Rocche dei Babari

Primanebbia Langhe Nebbiolo 2015

Nice high quality langhe Nebbiolo (actually bottled as a vino rosso). Open for 6 hours, 3 just cork pop, 3 decanted. The air certainly helped. Dusty strawberry on the nose. Some carry through of that great fruit on the palate by hour 6. Finish is maybe slightly too muddled still. Acid decent on the finish but not quite the refreshing lifting sort. — 4 months ago

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Produttori del Barbaresco

Barbaresco Nebbiolo 1982

Beautiful wine. Almost as good as the 1978 Rocche dei Manzoni Riserva Barolo. The Produttori has known what they are doing for a long, long time!! — 2 years ago

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Lodali

Vigneto Rocche dei 7 Fratelli Barbaresco Nebbiolo 2013

Half bottle hiding on the menu = found and re-ordered. Beautiful orange/brown Barbaresco on the swirl, lovely floral nose and arm in arm buds with the roast duck — 2 years ago

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Eredi Lodali

Rocche dei 7 Fratelli Barbaresco Nebbiolo 2019

I wish Barbarescos would come with a back label telling you how tannic the wine is, kind of like Alsace now does the sweetness bar. Many of the less expensive ‘19s are drinking well now, but this one is quite tannic. The nose has nice cherry fruit and a leathery note. It’s got nice flavor intensity and ripeness on the palate, but then the mouth-puckering tannins hit. Needs a few more years. — 7 months ago

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Pinotman /// Andreas

Pinotman /// Andreas

Who cares people who can not understand that tannins preserve the wines for 20 years (if the fruit is there)….but it is tough to convince our better half’s…..
Doug Powers

Doug Powers

@Tom Casagrande, I agree with @Pinotman /// Andreas that expecting most Barolo/Barbaresco to be even barely drinkable within 10 years (for me personally, 20 years) is largely a very tough ask — in fact, what makes Nebbiolo from those regions worth drinking is cellaring them for many years. NOT a personal criticism in any respect, but back in 1985 my brother and I spent 3 nights in Barbaresco drinking and buying super cheap (less than $10) Barbaresco/Barolo from the 1950s (1958, best vintage, 1953 and 1950) and drinking them, they were all incredible. That formed my opinion above, and is why I RARELY buy them any longer, I have a small stash from 1978 to 1985 (30 or so bottles?) that we occasionally open. I kinda believe that if you don’t buy these wines before you’re 40 (or buy older vintages at auction), why bother? Cheers!!!
Tom Casagrande

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@Pinotman /// Andreas @Doug Powers - I can understand the more expensive crus having significant tannic structure for a slow unfurling, but it’s the tannic variability of the basic, entry-level bottlings that can be frustrating.

Le Rocche Dei Barbari

Riserva Morasi Barbaresco Nebbiolo 2014

Purple flowers. Dense violet and rose petal perfume. Elegant; some spice and nailpolish. A touch volatile which, while it is light and works in this elegant style, detracts from the overall drinking experience. — 2 years ago

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