Elio Grasso, Barolo Runcot Riserva, 2020 SandhiLand while the wine’s natural acidity

while the wine’s natural acidity gives it freshness and lift

and other barrels we find to make an approachable

fermented with gentle pigeage in stainless steel and aged 12 months in barrel

or slow-braised dishes

large old botti — extracts all the site's character without obscuring it

Elio Grasso, Barolo Runcot Riserva, 2020 SandhiLand while the wine’s natural acidityThe 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