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Giovanni Manzone, Barolo Riserva Le Gramolere, 2004

Red Wine from Piedmont, Italy
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Manzone makes a Riserva only when the vintage earns it, and even then only a thousand or two bottles: the best fruit from the estate's flagship Gramolere, given extra time in cask before release. 2004 was the kind of long, cool, classical Piedmontese season that produces Barolo built on fragrance and proportion rather than muscle, which suits this address exactly, since the Manzone house style has always been mid-weight and elegant rather than extracted. Le Gramolere is a steep, southwest-facing slope at about 350 meters in Monforte d'Alba, on stony, sandy calcareous marl, planted to vines ranging from thirty-five to more than fifty years old. Everything is traditional here, with a month or more of fermentation on the skins, large Slavonian casks, no new French oak, and no fining or filtration. Two decades on, the wine is fully mature and at its most expressive, the tannins resolved and the aromatics doing the work. From a private cellar; stand it upright for a day, decant gently off the sediment, and drink it now rather than holding.

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Antonio Galloni

88 points

"The 2004 Barolo Riserva Gramolere is penalized by an excessive amount of oak. The 2004 opens up nicely with time in the glass but it remains delicate and medium in body, suggesting it needs to be enjoyed sooner rather than later. Sweet dark fruit, crushed flowers and spices linger on the finish." —Antonio Galloni

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Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Nebbiolo

  • Vintage

    2004

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Traditional

  • Style

    Elegant

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Full Bodied

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Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Roast capon with chestnuts, veal in tuna sauce, mushroom risotto, or Castelmagno with honey.

Tasting Profile

Dried rose, sour cherry, tea leaf, truffle and sweet spice. Medium-bodied and elegant rather than powerful, with fresh acidity and tannins that have gone silky. The finish is perfumed and persistent rather than heavy.

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