Elio Grasso, Barolo Gavarini Chiniera, 2008 so090624 geek roundup offer it’s distilled in copper pot

it’s distilled in copper pot stills and aged in French oak

Produttori bottles these Riservas only when the year merits it

Vin de Constance was famously enjoyed by Napoleon and Dickens

Fermented in concrete with native yeasts

and long-term aging potential

Elio Grasso, Barolo Gavarini Chiniera, 2008 so090624 geek roundup offer it’s distilled in copper potProfound traditional Barolo from a benchmark Monforte d'Alba estate, now with prime bottle age. For decades Elio Grasso has made tiny quantities of single vineyard Barolo from two of Monforte's greatest crus. Gavarini Chiniera sits at around 400 meters on sandier soils, giving the more perfumed and elegant of the pair. The 2008 was a classic, structured vintage, and at well over fifteen years this Nebbiolo has softened into a mature, complex window