Elio Grasso: Barolo Ginestra Casa Mate 2017

: Nebbiolo 100%

: rød, tør; 15,0% Vol.; Drikkemoden: 2025–2049

: voluminøs og kraftfuld; rig på tanniner

: Suckling: 98/100; Jeb Dunnuck: 97/100; Galloni: 96/100; Parker: 95/100

: Italien, Piedmont

: Allergener: Sulfitter,

Tapperi / Importør: Elio Grasso, Localita'Ginestra, 40, 12065 Monforte d'Alba (CN), ITALIEN

Suckling om: Barolo Ginestra Casa Mate

This is really transparent with sweet strawberries, flowers and orange peel, as well as some conifer and pine-nut undertones. Full-bodied and layered with intense young tannins, intertwined with bright fruit. Great finish. This is really something else. Needs time to soften, of course. Try after 2025. 98/100

Jeb Dunnuck om: Barolo Ginestra Casa Mate

The 2017 Barolo Ginestra Casa Mate has a slightly darker profile of licorice, black cherry, and wood spice. The palate is generous and structured, with plum pit, mineral-rich earth, and dried orange blossom. These are wines with incredible aromatic complexity and depth. Drink 2025-2050. 97/100

Galloni om: Barolo Ginestra Casa Mate

The 2017 Barolo Ginestra Casa Matè is a dark, mysterious wine. Black cherry, menthol, tobacco, licorice, spice, new leather and pine meld together in a super-classic expression of Ginestra. Deep, rich and enveloping, the 2017 is so impressive in the early going. Here, too, the finesse of the tannins is remarkable. 96/100

Parker om: Barolo Ginestra Casa Mate

Soils in the Ginestra vineyard show more moisture-retaining clay in their composition, making them better positioned to handle hot and dry vintages such as this. The Elio Grasso 2017 Barolo Ginestra Casa Maté reveals soft concentration and extra richness; however, the aromatic nuances are well intact. I recall that the previous 2016 vintage took longer to come into focus, whereas this 2017 expression is open-knit and immediately accessible. The fruit is front and center, and the wine slides over the palate with a silky texture. Managing the tannins in 2017 was not easy, but this wine proves that lasting balance is not out of reach. 95/100

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Elio Grasso

Elio Grasso er en grand seigneur i Piemonte. Næppe nogen anden producent kan prale af topvine så konsekvent som ham, der støttes aktivt af sin kone Marina og sønnen Gianluca. Den succesrige advokat og forretningsmand kom til sine forældres vingård som en autodidakt karriereskifter.

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