Elio Grasso, Barolo Gavarini Vigna Chiniera, 2007 loirecount2026 but there is enough spine

but there is enough spine here to reward a few years in the cellar too

The Barton family has owned this estate since Hugh Barton's purchase in 1826

and struck flint

fine chiseled structure and deep volume

hints of undergrowth and wet limestone that evolve in the glass

Elio Grasso, Barolo Gavarini Vigna Chiniera, 2007 loirecount2026 but there is enough spineElio Grasso was the first in his family to vinify the grapes his predecessors had sold in bulk, establishing his estate in Monforte d'Alba in 1978. His son Gianluca now works alongside him, farming eighteen hectares within the Barolo UNESCO World Heritage site. The Gavarini Vigna Chiniera comes from south facing slopes at three hundred fifty to four hundred meters elevation on limestone based soilGrasso's more traditional expression, aged in twenty