Cavallotto Langhe Nebbiolo 2021 castelli-estate The fruit of manchot à

The fruit of manchot à petits grains (à petits grains = of the small berries) yields about half the amount of juice as a regular Gamay

All the grapes were destemmed and there was no pigeage (Goisot prefers to extract tannins gently and only from the grape’s skins rather than the pips)

The fruit comes from Kientzheim's calcareous clay

Numerous water veins in the hillside guarantee an optimal water supply

all of which are classified Grosses Gewächs

Cavallotto Langhe Nebbiolo 2021 castelli-estate The fruit of manchot àThe fruit for Cavallotto's Langhe designated bottling is 100% Castiglione Falletto Nebbiolo and so could be labelled as Barolo. One sip and you wonder why the Cavallotto's don't sell this as Barolo! The reason they don't is simple: they need to produce a Nebbiolo Langhe for their markets and yet the only Nebbiolo vines they own are in Barolo. So they must 'fashion' a Nebbiolo from these vines. To be specific, the grapes come from both younger, sub 25