Fiorenzo Nada, Barbaresco Manzola, 2016 so080825 rose roundup sale a nod to the prehistoric

a nod to the prehistoric Pannonian Sea that once covered these hills

and Michael Twelftree ferment and age the wine entirely in concrete tank to preserve the cool-climate aromatic lift the site is known for — no new wood

with firm acidity and a long

and blood orange lead the way

and a transparency that feels carved rather than built

Fiorenzo Nada, Barbaresco Manzola, 2016 so080825 rose roundup sale a nod to the prehistoricBarbaresco 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,