Giovanni Manzone, Barolo Castelletto Brut Zero pliant red-toned fruit and mid-weight

pliant red-toned fruit and mid-weight structure are the signatures

ultra ripe pears

The palate is medium-bodied with fine-grained tannins

The 2007 Chateau Nairac is a little pinched on the nose

It doesn't show the natural power of the year

Giovanni Manzone, Barolo Castelletto Brut Zero pliant red-toned fruit and mid-weightThe 2013 Barolo Castelletto offers a frank and accessible personality that opens this wine up to near and medium term drinking. It offers vibrant, youthful Barolo aromas of dark fruit, tar, licorice and white truffle, and although those elements will become finer and more elegant with time, they already taste great now. This is a bright and beautifully intense wine that offers a friendly and disarming approach. Some 6,000 bottles were made.