Elio Grasso, Barolo Ginestra Casa Mate Vintage:2016 17% Petit Verdot

17% Petit Verdot

The freshest nose to this point with an earthy extract of red and black cherry and pinot fruit aromas that introduce edgy and firmly if not aggressively structured medium full flavors that are quite complex and this finishes with a noticeably dry

Otherwise the dense

It has aromas of pear

Elio Grasso, Barolo Ginestra Casa Mate Vintage:2016 17% Petit VerdotGrasso's 2013 Barolo Ginestra Casa Mat is powerful, deep and tightly wound, with a level of translucent energy that is alluring. Deceptively medium in body, the 2013 packs a real punch. The Casa Mat has also closed down considerably since I last tasted it. Not that that should be a problem, as the 2013 really needs a number of years to be at its very best. Antonio Galloni