Elio Grasso, Barolo Ginestra Casa Mate, 2008 Balaton Offer and versatile at the table

and versatile at the table

cheeses like blue cheese

harvested by hand and mule

The youngest is from the year 2017 and the oldest dates back to 2001

then aged briefly in French oak

Elio Grasso, Barolo Ginestra Casa Mate, 2008 Balaton Offer and versatile at the tableProfound traditional Barolo from a Monforte d'Alba benchmark, drinking at maturity. Elio Grasso has long made tiny quantities of single vineyard Barolo from two of Monforte's greatest crus. Ginestra Casa Mate comes off limestone and clay soils on a high ridge, giving the sturdier, more powerful and age worthy of the pair. The 2008 was a classic, structured vintage, and at well over fifteen years this Nebbiolo has reached a complex mature plateau with