The Winery Elio Grasso of Barbera d'Alba of Piedmont

Winery Elio Grasso
The winery offers 8 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 40 of the estates of Piedmont.
It is located in Barbera d'Alba in the region of Piedmont

The Winery Elio Grasso is one of the world's great estates. It offers 8 wines for sale in of Barbera d'Alba to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Elio Grasso wines

Looking for the best Winery Elio Grasso wines in Barbera d'Alba among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Elio Grasso wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Elio Grasso wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Elio Grasso

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Elio Grasso

How Winery Elio Grasso wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, veal or pork such as recipes of lasagna bolognese, pork cheeks with cider and honey or traditional welsh dark beer.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Elio Grasso

On the nose the red wine of Winery Elio Grasso. often reveals types of flavors of cream, cherry or oaky and sometimes also flavors of smoke, earthy or blackberry. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Elio Grasso. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Elio Grasso

  • 1990With an average score of 4.90/5
  • 1997With an average score of 4.44/5
  • 2001With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2006With an average score of 4.39/5
  • 2008With an average score of 4.39/5
  • 2000With an average score of 4.38/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Elio Grasso.

  • Nebbiolo
  • Barbera
  • Dolcetto

Discovering the wine region of Barbera d'Alba

Premium Piedmontese Barbera around Alba (heart of the Langhe). Fleshier, more concentrated reds than neighbouring Asti, with signature notes of ripe black cherry, candied plum, violet and sweet spices, characteristic fresh acidity and round tannins. Frequent barrel ageing (chocolate, vanilla). Generous palate, accessible young, age-worthy Superiore versions.

Clay-limestone soils shared with Barolo and Barbaresco. Ideal companion to ragù pasta and truffles.

The top white wines of Winery Elio Grasso

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Elio Grasso

How Winery Elio Grasso wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, shellfish or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of spaghetti with knackis, fish curry à la reunion or titgazelle's herring and leek pie.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Elio Grasso

On the nose the white wine of Winery Elio Grasso. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Elio Grasso. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Elio Grasso

  • 2019With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5
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The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Elio Grasso.

  • Chardonnay

Discover the grape variety: Barbera

Intense, fruity reds with a deep purple robe, supple tannins and an ample palate with characteristically very high acidity, with signature aromas of red fruits (black cherry, morello), ripe plum, spices, violet and Piedmontese balsamic notes. Star of Barbera d'Asti DOCG and Barbera d'Alba DOC, also exported to Argentina (Mendoza) and California. Italian black variety, the third most planted red grape in Italy, originating from Piedmont.

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Discover the grape variety: Dolcetto

Supple, fruity reds best drunk young, with a sustained ruby robe and violet hues, melted tannins and an airy palate with low acidity, showing signature aromas of blackberry, plum, black cherry, almond and floral notes. Star of Dogliani DOCG and Dolcetto d'Alba DOC in Piedmont, perfect with cured meats and Piedmontese pasta. Emblematic native Piedmontese black grape whose name evokes the sweetness of ripe fruit.