Rocche dei Manzoni di Valentino - Rocche dei Manzoni Barolo Vigna d'la Roul 2005 750ml (750ml)

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Producer	Rocche dei Manzoni di Valentino
Country	Italy
Region	Piemonte
Varietal	Nebbiolo
Vintage	2005
Sku	RD9041
Size	750ml

 

Valentino's first single-vineyard Barolo and the most elegant of his Barolos, Vigna d'la Roul, debuted with the 1974 vintage. If the Big 'd Big is a Barolo of power and warmth, the Vigna d'la Roul shows restraint, finesse, complexity and seriously admirable structure. The most masculine of Manzoni's Barolos, Vigna d'la Roul may hold oodles of fruit, but it's the brooding notes of leather, earth, smoke and spice that make this wine shine, if through a glass darkly.

A méthode champenoise from Piemonte. Chardonnay in the land of reds. Barrique-aged Nebbiolo and Barbera. They may not sound significant or revolutionary, but in the seventies, these unprecedented efforts of the late Valentino Migliorini helped change the wine landscape in Barolo. Valentino Migliorini was one of Piemonte’s most profound agents of transformation: His larger-than-life personality won acceptance in the land most resistant to change, and his portfolio of wines from the Rocche dei Manzoni estate inspired many of Piemonte’s great winemakers to rethink Barolo and to think beyond Nebbiolo. Valentino Migliorini’s recent passing (in December of 2007) is a tremendous loss not only to the Italian wine community but to the wine realm at large. His son, Rodolfo, however, has worked by his side for several years, and will continue to honor his father in both practice and principle. Moreover, there remain many wines that have been