Elio Grasso, Barolo Ginestra Casa Mate, 2019 SO102125 Cristal2016 with a chalky grip and

with a chalky grip and a long

following the family's hallmark traditional methods

has been owned by the Cordier family since 1917 and is now run by fourth-generation sisters Lorraine Rustmann and Nancy Bignon-Cordier

and hints of melon evolve on the palate

There's structure

Elio Grasso, Barolo Ginestra Casa Mate, 2019 SO102125 Cristal2016 with a chalky grip andGinestra is one of the handful of Barolo vineyards people argue about in the same breath as Cannubi and Brunate a steep amphitheater in Monforte d'Alba that turns out some of the most powerful Nebbiolo in the Langhe. Casa Mat is Elio Grasso's parcel within it, and the wine has always been the muscular counterpart to the estate's more perfumed Gavarini Chiniera: deeper, darker, more tannic, built on a bigger frame. Gianluca Grasso keeps the winemaking