Elio Grasso, Barolo Gavarini Vigna Chiniera', 2016
A traditional Barolo from a benchmark Monforte vintage. Elio Grasso founded the estate in 1978 in Monforte d'Alba; today his son Gianluca leads the cellar. The family owns two adjacent crus on the Ginestra and Gavarini hills, and Vigna Chiniera is the single block within the Gavarini MGA, south-facing, planted to old-school Nebbiolo on calcareous-clay marl. The wine is aged in large neutral oak in the family's hand-dug cellar carved into the hillside. The 2016 vintage is widely regarded as one of Piedmont's great classical years, a vintage built for the long haul. At nearly a decade in bottle, this is just beginning to open; expect another twenty-plus years of life. Decant generously if drinking now.
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A traditional Barolo from a benchmark Monforte vintage. Elio Grasso founded the estate in 1978 in Monforte d'Alba; today his son Gianluca leads the cellar. The family owns two adjacent crus on the Ginestra and Gavarini hills, and Vigna Chiniera is the single block within the Gavarini MGA, south-facing, planted to old-school Nebbiolo on calcareous-clay marl. The wine is aged in large neutral oak in the family's hand-dug cellar carved into the hillside. The 2016 vintage is widely regarded as one of Piedmont's great classical years, a vintage built for the long haul. At nearly a decade in bottle, this is just beginning to open; expect another twenty-plus years of life. Decant generously if drinking now.
