# Valentino Brut Zero (Rocche dei Manzoni)

> Sparkling, Metodo Classico Vino Spumante di Qualità by [Rocche dei Manzoni](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/rocche-dei-manzoni.md), Barolo, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/rocche-dei-manzoni-valentino-brut-zero).

- **Producer:** Rocche dei Manzoni
- **Style:** Sparkling
- **Denomination:** Metodo Classico Vino Spumante di Qualità
- **Grape:** Chardonnay 100%
- **Production area:** Langhe
- **Vineyard planting:** Guyot, 4,000 vines per hectare, yield 45 to 55 quintals per hectare; sustainable farming aimed at cutting fungicide use
- **Vinification:** Metodo Classico, at least 120 months on the lees, remuage and disgorgement; 8 to 12 months in bottle after disgorgement before release.
- **Storage:** Formats 0.75 L, 1.5 L, 3 L, 6 L, 9 L. First vintage 1989.
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-30


## Summary

A 100% Chardonnay Metodo Classico left at least ten years on the lees, first made in 1989.

## Tasting notes

Colour moving toward gold with last flashes of straw. Ripe yellow fruit, banana, then mango and papaya with a lively citrus thread, yellow flowers, peanut butter and dried fruit, light toasted wood. Firm, savoury, with notable length.