Elio Grasso, Barolo Ginestra Casa Mate, 2010 Bordeaux Beyond Red and olive tapenade

and olive tapenade

wet and dry hay notes complete the picture

Fermented in small stainless steel vats

An eye-opening wine for those who think they know Chile—and a great food partner for grilled vegetables

Elio Grasso, Barolo Ginestra Casa Mate, 2010 Bordeaux Beyond Red and olive tapenadeElio Grasso is one of Monforte d'Alba's most beloved traditional Barolo houses, founded in 1978 and run today by Elio's son Gianluca. Ginestra Casa Mat is the estate's south facing block inside the celebrated Ginestra cru, on calcareous clay marl at 300 to 350 meters. Winemaking is as classical as it gets: malolactic in stainless, then two years of patient aging in 25 hectoliter Slavonian botte, no new wood, no makeup. The 2010 vintage is widely