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Barolo, 2015 Red Wine

Elio Grasso, Piedmont
Riserva Rüncot
***97 Points- Robert Parker's Wine Advocate***

Bottle size: 75cl

ABV: 14%

Price:

$280.19 USD

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  • Description

    Barolo is known as the 'king of wines' and is made from the Nebbiolo grape. Heady aromas of rose, leather, vanilla, cherry, pepper, cranberry, strawberry. Fruits are perfectly knitted with the tannins and acidity. It's a powerful wine but remarkably subtle. Don't underestimate it and certainly serve it with food to show at it's best. Nebbiolo has naturally high tannins and acidity, so it will take on full-flavoured, rich foods no problem at all.

    Grape: Nebbiolo

    First vintage: 1995

    Aspect and height above sea level: south-facing, 300-350 metres

    Soil type: moderately loose-packed, slightly clayey, limestone-based

    Vine training system and planting density: Guyot-trained at 4,500 vines per hectare

    Average age of productive vines: about 30 years

    Harvest period and method: second 10 days of October manual harvest

    The vinification procedure for Barolo Rüncot includes alcoholic fermentation in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks, with daily pumping over. After completing first alcoholic, then malolactic fermentation, the wine mature in barriques of French oak. Bottling normally in August, the Barolo Rüncot then stays in the binning cellar for 18-24 months before release.

    Condition

    Excellent

    Reviews

    ***97 Points- Robert Parker's Wine Advocate***
    "The last time we saw this iconic wine was in 2013 (a vintage that earned a perfect score). Following up on that success, the Elio Grasso 2015 Barolo Riserva Rüncot is a generous, open-knit Nebbiolo that has much of the warmth and sunshine locked deep within its core. The bouquet reveals broad brush aromas of black fruit, blackberry preserves, smoky tar and baked plum. With 7,000 bottles made, this Riserva is smooth and velvety in texture. There's no reason why it can't hold until the mid-century mark. "

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