Wine Barolo "Ginestra Vigna Casa Mate" DOCG, 2012
Tasting Notes
Wine rich garnet color.
The wine has a full, powerful, rich, deep flavor with hints of menthol, licorice and spices in a long aftertaste.
Surprisingly multifaceted flavor of the wine reveals notes of licorice, tar, menthol, spices and crushed stone.
The wine goes well with a variety of meat dishes or pasta with meat sauce, dishes with truffles, vegetable stew, beef tartare and lamb, as well as great and outside dining.
Interesting Facts
Red wine Barolo "Ginestra Vigna Casa Mate", first released in 1978, made from Nebbiolo grapes grown on a single vineyard "Casa Mate" Monforte d'Alba in the commune, in the historic area Ginestra. Vineyard with southern exposure is located at an altitude of 300-350 meters above sea level on limestone soils with low clay content. Average age of the vines - 20 years. Stocking density - 4.5 thousand plants per hectare. Vintage wine are harvested by hand in early October. Fermented wort in stainless steel at a controlled temperature remontazhem daily for 12-16 days. Immediately after the alcoholic fermentation is carried out secondary malolactic fermentation. Wine is aged in barrels for 25 gektolitrovyh made of Slavonian oak for 2 years and another 8-10 months in bottles in the cellar of the winery. At the peak of ripeness vintage of 2008 will be in the period from 2018 to 2038.
"Barolo" Ginestra Vigna Casa Mate "in 2008 - a dramatic, large-scale Barolo, which is impressive in its depth, complexity and pure pedigree" - Antonio Galloni, "Wine Advocate".
"I felt my heart beat when I tried Barolo 2008 by Grasso. At the center of attention - the length and purity of pedigree ... My advice? Buy Barolo 2008 and forget about it for a decade or more. In two decades - will even better. Barolo from Grasso is still one of the most fairly priced at a decent age wines in the world. Congratulations Grasso family with two monumental wines of 2008 - "Ginestra Vigna Casa Mate" and "Gavarini" who embody everything that makes this Barolo magnificent "- Robert Parker.
Winery Elio Grasso - one of the few established prior to the Second World War. This is a small family estate, the leading story in 1928, has 14 hectares of vineyards in the southern part of Barolo. Three members of the family - Elio, his wife Marina and son Gianluca responsible for all work in the vineyards and cellars. As a consultant, was invited talented oenologist Piero Ballaro. Unique terroir Monforte d'Alba commune hills to obtain wines with fine and thin, but with a huge storage potential. Elio does not base Barolo, and emphasizes the diversity of characteristics of varieties Nebbiolo wines from three separate Cru.
