brooding and focused flavors that explode on the hugely long and deep finish

this is a wine to lay down

It’s rare that a Clos St

The 2004 Cristal is 60% Pinot Noir and 40% Chardonnay

A wonderfully expressive and broad-ranging nose offers up notes of plums

Elio Grasso, Barolo Ginestra Casa Mate other_regions brooding and focused flavors thatGrasso'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