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Elio Grasso, Barolo Runcot Riserva, 2020

Red Wine from Piedmont, Italy
by Elio Grasso
$269.00
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The Runcot Riserva is the pinnacle of Elio Grasso's range — a wine made only in exceptional years, from old vines on a steep parcel in Ginestra, aged longer in French oak barriques before release. The 2020 vintage was precisely the kind of year Runcot is designed for: cool enough to retain freshness, warm enough to achieve full physiological ripeness, and producing wines with the structural tension that extended aging demands. This is Barolo for the long haul — serious, complete, and not in any hurry. If your cellar has room, lay it down; if not, decant it for three hours and clear the evening.

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Antonio Galloni

98 points

"The 2020 Barolo Riserva Rüncot is just as memorable as it was last year. More than anything else, the 2020 is a Rüncot that prizes finesse over just power. Silky tannins, mid-weight structure and striking delineation further amplify that initial impression. Readers should note that Elio Grasso is releasing the 2020 ahead of the 2019. I can't remember ever tasting a young Rüncot with such finesse." —Antonio Galloni

Robert Parker

96 points

"The Elio Grasso 2020 Barolo Riserva Rüncot offers a generous and layered profile with sweetness of fruit, rose, iris root, licorice and a distinctly solar character that makes it immediately engaging. There is notable volume and textural richness on the palate, where minerality and clay-driven power coexist, giving the wine both charm and depth. Drawn from a vineyard straddling Marne di Diano sandstone and Sant’Agata marl and fermented with two months of submerged-cap maceration followed by four years of aging in small oak and new barrique, this Riserva reflects extremely low yields and a deliberate choice to prioritize the charm of the vintage." —Monica Larner

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Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Nebbiolo

  • Vintage

    2020

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Organic

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Full Bodied

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Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Beef in Barolo, roasted lamb, truffle risotto, finanziera, aged Parmigiano-Reggiano

Tasting Profile

Deep garnet. Dried rose, tar, iron, dark plum, cedar, camphor. Full body, powerful refined tannins, intense and mineral, extraordinarily long on the finish.