Classification | Cru Classe |
Type | Red |
Brand | Elio Grasso |
Vintage | 2016 |
Country | Italy |
Region | Piemonte |
Grape | Nebbiolo |
Volume | 0,75 |
Condition | Perfect |
Label | Perfect |
Stock | 0 |
The Elio Grasso 2016 Barolo Gavarini Chiniera is immediately expressive and bright. The wine is savory and rich with a generous bouquet of dried berries, spice, crushed flowers and even a hint of market-fresh blueberry that we don't see in the other wines. The bouquet moves toward balsam notes with mint and rosemary the longer it stays in the glass. I also get anise flower and fresh licorice root as a pretty signature on the close. With aging in large Slavonian oak casks, the tannic integration is spot-on and so is the freshness and purity of those beautiful Nebbiolo nuances. Some 20,000 bottles were released.