Elio Grasso, Barolo Gavarini, 2022

Elio Grasso's family estate in Monforte d'Alba is one of the Langhe's great names — a producer who has spent four decades making Barolo with the kind of patience and precision that defines the traditional school. The Gavarini Chiniera is their Monforte expression from the Gavarini vineyard: sandier, silkier soils than neighboring crus, producing a Barolo that is the most immediately approachable of the three Grasso wines — not less serious, just more open. The 2022 vintage delivered exceptional freshness and purity across the Langhe. Start here if you're discovering Elio Grasso.