Manzone DOLCETTO D'ALBA︱Le Ciliegie DOLCETTO D'ALBA DOC 2010

Giovanni Manzone

Giovanni Manzone is a winery located in Monfort d'Alba, Piedmont, at an altitude of 450 meters and 1,500 feet. Monforte d'Alba is the wine region that produces the famous Barolo. Manzon owns 15 kilometers of land in Alba and 5 kilometers in Barolo. It is a small winery with 8 hectares of vineyards. The entire winery produces only high-quality wines, limited to around 50,000 bottles per year, using only estate-grown grapes. The vineyard's elevation (350-500m) is steep, and the terroir is fast, naturally planted with low-density vines. In 1965, the owners Giovanni and Stefano Manzone made their first wine and, in the same year, purchased their most important estate on the Gramolere hill in Monforte d'Alba. In 2005, after graduating from a prestigious winemaking school, Mauro Manzone started the winery with his father Giovanni, continuing his family tradition. Their production process is all manual production, no machines are used, and the principle of maintaining the natural environment is the principle of never using pesticides and fertilizers. Focusing on high-quality winemaking, only around 50,000 bottles are produced each year. The winery mainly produces world-renowned Barolo, Barbera, and Dolceto. The wines they have are also highly rated by world wine critics.

Dolcetto

Dolcetto is a black Italian wine grape variety that is widely grown in the Piedmont region of northwest Italy. The Italian word dolcetto means "little sweet one," but it is unclear whether the name originally referred to the grape's sugar levels: it could be derived from the name of the hills where the vine is grown. In any case, the wines made are almost always dry. They can be tannic and fruity, with moderate or decidedly low acidity, and are typically intended to be consumed within a few years of release.