Elio Grasso, Barolo Ginestra Casa Mate, 2008
Elio Grasso is one of Monforte d'Alba's most celebrated traditional Barolo houses, and Ginestra Casa Mate is the family's flagship cru: a south-facing block of calcareous-clay marl inside the famed Ginestra MGA. Founded in 1978 by Elio and now in the hands of son Gianluca, the estate works in the patient classical mold, with long macerations and extended aging in large neutral oak. 2008 is a structured, classical Piedmont vintage, the kind of year that needed a decade or two to fully reveal itself. Seventeen years on, this Barolo is in mid-maturity: the famously firm Monforte tannins have softened toward velvet, the perfume has bloomed, and there is still another decade of upside in the bottle.
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Elio Grasso is one of Monforte d'Alba's most celebrated traditional Barolo houses, and Ginestra Casa Mate is the family's flagship cru: a south-facing block of calcareous-clay marl inside the famed Ginestra MGA. Founded in 1978 by Elio and now in the hands of son Gianluca, the estate works in the patient classical mold, with long macerations and extended aging in large neutral oak. 2008 is a structured, classical Piedmont vintage, the kind of year that needed a decade or two to fully reveal itself. Seventeen years on, this Barolo is in mid-maturity: the famously firm Monforte tannins have softened toward velvet, the perfume has bloomed, and there is still another decade of upside in the bottle.
