Fiorenzo Nada, Barbaresco Manzola, 2016 so080825 rose roundup sale and aged in stainless steel

and aged in stainless steel with no new oak

this complex sparkling cider is a great introduction to Loire up-and-comer Julien Thurel's outstanding range

with firm acidity and a long

or a long decant

made only in the best years from those old-vine native varieties on steep

Fiorenzo Nada, Barbaresco Manzola, 2016 so080825 rose roundup sale and aged in stainless steelBarbaresco from Treiso, where slightly sandier soils give Nebbiolo more perfume, more red fruit and finer tannins than the zone's heavier expressions when our team first tasted here, the tannins were so fine they seemed almost sweet. Manzola is a historic Treiso site; Nada's parcel was planted in 1998 at 230 meters on calcareous clay with sandy outcrops, facing southwest. Bruno Nada left a career teaching hotel management to start the estate in 1982,