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2017 Barolo Gavarini Chiniera

Wine Details
Producer

Elio Grasso

Place of Origin

Italy

Monforte D'alba

Piedmont

Color

Red

Grape/Blend

Nebbiolo

Vintages
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Drinking Window

2025 - 2042

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Gianluca Grasso made some of the most thrilling wines of 2017. The wines stand out for their exceptional finesse. Grasso is one of a handful of estates with 2017s that approach the level of the 2016s. That is the highest compliment I can pay the wines. The Gavarini is a bit more focused, while the Ginestra is a bit darker and broader. Both wines are riveting. Macerations were a bit shorter than normal, but with submerged cap vinification, which is typical here. As always, the Barolos are aged in cask. Readers should note that there is no Barolo Riserva Rüncot in 2017. The next release for that wine is the 2015.

"We are looking for 200 days between budbreak and harvest, that is typical for us,” Grasso told me. “In 2017, we had 185, so the growing season was shorter than normal, but not as extreme as 2011, where we had 170 days from budbreak to harvest. We did two green harvests to try to balance the vineyard as much as possible." That certainly seems to have worked. These are special wines from one of Piedmont's most admired families.