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2016 Elio Grasso Barolo Runcot RiservaNebbiolo from Italy

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The 2016 Barolo Riserva Rüncot is quite possibly the single greatest wine I have tasted in more than twenty years I have been coming here, with the possible exception of the 1989s and 1990s. Deep and powerful, but not at all heavy, the 2016 dazzles from the very first taste. Dark cherry/plum fruit, menthol, lavender, licorice and mocha saturate the palate in a Barolo of extraordinary richness and intensity. The 2016 spent four years in 100% new oak, and yet there is no trace at all of wood. Magnificent!

99+ Audrey Frick - jebdunnuck.com

The ripe ruby-colored 2016 Barolo Riserva Runcot was raised for 48 months in entirely new French barriques, but the oak spice is surprisingly well-integrated. Boasting noes of baked red cherries, polished leather, savory sweet tobacco, menthol, and cigar box, it offers a plush a rounded texture on the palate, with a nicely balanced, salty, mouthwatering feel, a ripe core, and its polished oak spice perfume lasting on the finish. It’s going to drink well over the next several decades. This is a profound wine that I wish I had in my cellar.

Item # 139466
Vintage 2016
Country Italy
Region Piedmont
Sub-Region Barolo
Color Red
ABV N/A
Size 750mL
Closure Cork
Varietal(s) Nebbiolo
Taste blackberry, cherry, smoke and earth
Nose truffle, cherry, plum, leather and vanilla

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