The Barolos

Since the epoch-making 1978 vintage, the wines from which were released in 1982, the Elio Grasso cellar has produced three Barolo vineyard selections: Gavarini Vigna Chiniera and Ginestra Vigna Casa Maté, aged in Slavonian oak barrels in a contemporary interpretation of the traditional Barolo style; and Rüncot, made in a more modern idiom and matured in new French oak barriques.

We decided not to release any Barolo vineyard selections in the 1991, 1992, 1994 and 2002 vintages, not to mention 1986, a vintage for which we did not release a single bottle because of the disastrous growing year.