Silvio Grasso - Barolo HALF BOTTLE 2020 375ML D.O.C.G. (15% ABV)

“Silvio Grasso offers an impressive collection of vineyard-designate Barolos.” – Wine Advocate

The Grasso family has been producing wine since 1927, but Federico Grasso only started bottling in 1980, and has “produced a bevy of sensational efforts over recent vintages” (Wine Advocate). His sophisticated, modern Barolos are particularly notable for avoiding excessive wood aromas; to this end, Grasso prefers to use large barrels rather than barriques for maturation, and uses less than 30% new wood even on his single-vineyard bottlings. 

Vineyard Management: At the estate “natural agriculture” is carried out. Integrated insect and disease control is carried out. Sulfur-and copper-based products are used. Only organic fertilizers are used (the Insieme Group financed a cattle farm also for the production of manure). Spontaneous cover crops (sometimes specific crops are sown) are left between the rows of vines, the grass is mowed and the soil is occasionally tilled (the turf is mainly left in place). Very careful use of SO2 in the wines.

• Harvested from Nebbiolo planted to calcareous clay soils in La Morra
• Fermentation takes place over 15 days in stainless steel
• Aged in a combination of French oak barriques (2nd and 3rd pass) and Slavonian casks for 24 months, with an additional 12 months in bottle

92 pts j suckling

A restrained Barolo with garnet color, offering notes of dried cherries, dried orange peel and hints of cocoa and bark. Medium-bodied, compact and dense with velvety tannins. Shows rich fruit at the end. Delicate and supple. Already drinkable, but better after 2027."

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