Barolo 2016 nero d'avola the Grasso family’s old Bricco

the Grasso family’s old Bricco Riund vineyard in La Morra was known to insiders as one of the hidden jewels of Barolo

The tannins are noble

with green apple and a streak of salty minerality that makes it dangerously easy to drink on a hot afternoon — pour it alongside something off the grill and let that minerality do the work

Then the wine disappeared for 100 years

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Barolo 2016 nero d'avola the Grasso family’s old Bricco2016 Barolo Classic The Wine That Never Dies Some vineyards never truly disappear. They simply change their names, slip into legend, and wait to be rediscovered. For decades, the Grasso familys old Bricco Riund vineyard in La Morra was known to insiders as one of the hidden jewels of Barolo. Planted by hand in 1947, its limestone rich soils gave wines darker, firmer, more structured than the neighbors. Wines that outlived expectations. Wines that