Elegant; clearly a good quality wine from a solid house in a strong vintage. First taste with no breathing time. Fresh red and blue fruit. Let’s see what some oxygen time will do.
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Dark red; beautiful nose of ripe red fruits. Tasted over the course of several weeks using Coravin. Consistently great. Chewy tannins, long finish, red fruits very prominent and wonderful mouthfeel. Very little bad to say here. A reliable and very enjoyable glass.
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Absolutely fine; but quite 2 dimensional at this stage. This did not wow or particularly develop in layers or flavours or intensity - despite several hours in the glass. Light tannins. If I may say, not very Barolo-like compared with the many other Barolos I have tried. First time tasting Elio Grasso; I have a number of wines in bond so I am hoping it is just this vintage or the particular stage of development of this wine.
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2019 Val di Suga Brunello di Montalcino
3/31/2024 - AKVM Likes this wine: 92 Points
Elegant; clearly a good quality wine from a solid house in a strong vintage. First taste with no breathing time. Fresh red and blue fruit. Let’s see what some oxygen time will do.
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2016 Il Poggione (Proprietá Franceschi) Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Vigna Paganelli
1/3/2024 - AKVM Likes this wine: 98 Points
Dark red; beautiful nose of ripe red fruits. Tasted over the course of several weeks using Coravin. Consistently great. Chewy tannins, long finish, red fruits very prominent and wonderful mouthfeel. Very little bad to say here. A reliable and very enjoyable glass.
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2015 Elio Grasso Barolo Ginestra Casa Maté
12/29/2023 - AKVM Likes this wine: 90 Points
Absolutely fine; but quite 2 dimensional at this stage. This did not wow or particularly develop in layers or flavours or intensity - despite several hours in the glass. Light tannins. If I may say, not very Barolo-like compared with the many other Barolos I have tried. First time tasting Elio Grasso; I have a number of wines in bond so I am hoping it is just this vintage or the particular stage of development of this wine.
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