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Fast delivery, nice selection, good prices no sales tax and reasonable shipping costs. I will definitely use them again

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Yesterday

excellent

Yesterday

I had 55 degree delivery and it was great! They had to postpone it for a week because of the hurricane in the Tampa area, but was always in communications and delivery was set for today. Was here on time and as promised. Good prices and good service. Can't beat it!

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2 days ago

The ordering process is easy and the product is shipped at a reasonable price, packed in a sturdy box. And for right now, they have the wine I like available where locally no one else has. I love doing business with them.

2 days ago

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3 days ago

Ordered to Colorado and it was easy to order and quick to ship

3 days ago

Delivery 5 days late, FedEX still not sure when, if package will be delivered.

3 days ago

Great selection and quick shipping!

4 days ago

Great service even between two hurricanes! Thanks!

4 days ago

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6 days ago

Product as described ‑ fast delivery

6 days ago

I ordered a wine that I have ordered before and I received the same prompt delivery.

1 week ago

The store did what it said it would. Wine arrived in pristine condition in a timely manner.

1 week ago

B‑21 is a great place to buy wine! They are accurate and provide quick turn around once ordered.

1 week ago

Always a pleasure to deal with.

1 week ago

Excelente

1 week ago

On‑Time, quick and with unto 6 months free storage.

1 week ago

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1 week ago

Bought a favorite wine from this company several times now. Just purchased several cases from them for the holiday season coming up. Always delivered when they say it will be and the wine arrives in perfect condition.

1 week ago

Quick shipping and great service!

1 week ago

Ordering was easy. It arrived on time and was packaged well.

1 week ago

It was great they can deliver to our Dollar General which meant we didn't have to waste our day sitting at home waiting for a delivery. They also had a very hard liqueur to find but they had it. Very happy with the service. Thank you Irene Kozlowski

1 week ago

Superb‑‑‑yet again! My go to Wine shop. **********10 stars...

1 week ago

Great service, excellent explanations and ratings to determine selection

1 week ago

Excellent

1 week ago

Very easy to place your order, prices are good, confirmation and shipping information is quick and the order arrives correct and usually a day sooner than expected. What more could you ask for. I am a new customer and just received my third order. As long as customer service and pricing remains at this level, I have no reason to go anywhere else for my liquor and wine purchases.

1 week ago

Great prices

2 weeks ago

Excellent packaging! Thank you for taking great care!

2 weeks ago

Always excellent & shipping only $12/case

2 weeks ago

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2 weeks ago

Excellent selection, prices, and service.

2 weeks ago

Best site to purchase wines on line

2 weeks ago

reasonable pricing, prompt and efficient order filling and shipping. All around positive experience.

2 weeks ago

Excellent customer service. Which is rare these days.

2 weeks ago

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2 weeks ago

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2 weeks ago

The ordering process was easy,the delivery was prompt accurate and well packaged.

2 weeks ago

It was all a good experience shopping at B‑21. The website is very user friendly and simple to navigate to find the wine types you like. Customer Service is great as well.

2 weeks ago

Very disappointed with the increase in cost for free shipping on the 21st

2 weeks ago

Great service, prices and delivery!

2 weeks ago

Prompt delivery, easy ordering, good prices. I will buy again from B‑21.

2 weeks ago

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2 weeks ago

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2 weeks ago

Smooth transaction!

2 weeks ago

Always Excellent

2 weeks ago

Always great selection and service.

2016 Elio Grasso Barolo Riserva Runcot (750ml)

Nebbiolo from Barolo, Piedmont, Italy

B-21 Top Recommendation
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“One of the finest vineyards and wineries in the Langhe today”

Monica Larner, Wine Advocate

Ranked among “the most impressive Barolos of the vintage” according to Antonio Galloni of Vinous, the powerful and elegant 97 pt. 2020 Elio Grasso Barolo Gavarini Chiniera hits the mark as one of the vintage’s best among its higher profile peers, revealing a rich, concentrated core of brightly aromatic dark fruit with a seamless backbone of fresh acidity and a long, vibrant finish, a stunning Cru Barolo bargain priced for collectors to lay down and savor over the next several decades.

Descended from Piedmont grape growers dating back to the late 19th century, Elio Grasso was sent away by his family to escape what they deemed a common life as a “contadino” or farmer, returning home upon his father’s death to vinify the family’s grapes for the first time in 1979 and producing “some of the most fairly priced, age worthy wines on the planet” according to critic Antonio Galloni. Managing the 24-hectare estate including 18 hectares of vineyards throughout Monforte d’Alba, Elio’s son Gianluca sourced the 2020 Gavarini Chiniera from the amphitheater-shaped Vigna Chiniera parcel that is essentially a monopole of the Grasso family and widely regarded as the finest sub-cru in Monforte, the Nebbiolo vines planted in sandy chalk soils and protected on one end by a band of forested land purchased by the Grasso family to preserve the plot’s biodiversity. Fermented in stainless steel in the Grasso’s modern winery and cave tunneled below the vines, winemaker Gianluca aged the impressive 2020 Elio Grasso Barolo Gavarini Chiniera in traditional large 15 to 22 year Slavonian oak barrels for four years with a further year in bottle, yielding “one of Grasso’s most easily recognized wines” according to the Wine Advocate’s Monica Larner with alluring fragrant dark fruit hinting of earthy truffle and crushed stone and firm, fine grained tannins promising a decades’ long lifespan in the cellar.

Producing Nebbiolo wines that “stand out for their exceptional finesse” according to Vinous critic Galloni, the enticing 97 pt. 2020 Elio Grasso Barolo Gavarini Chiniera reflects Elio Grasso’s expertise of crafting classically styled Barolo perfectly balanced by refinement and finesse, a superb deal from an estate that despite its stellar reputation continues to over deliver value for fortunate Barolo collectors - as Galloni wrote over two decades ago, “When the comprehensive history of Piedmont is finally written, a very special place will need to be reserved for Elio Grasso.”

100

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!

100 points, Antonio Galloni, Vinous (Jan 2023)

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$239.98

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This item is a pre-order estimated to arrive 10/24/2024. 13 bottles available.

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