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Elio Grasso Barolo Gavarini Chiniera 2012

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Scores

Two measures, kept apart on purpose. One is about the bottle, the other about the year.

Wine Score

93 / 100

Critic evidence
Critic 94 from 5 critics
Community evidence
Community 91 from 156 notes

40% critic · 60% drinkers

how we score

Region Vintage

86 / 100

Barolo · 2012

Not part of the Wine Score.

Method region_vintage_v1

Drinking window

2019now 20262036
Good to open now. The window runs 2019 to 2036. Published by 2 critics.

Price

Merchant price range, per 750ml

£48

Median £48 · 2026-09

Our own summary of 2 tracked offers in 1500 ml, divided down to a 750ml comparable. It is not a merchant listing, and nobody will sell you a bottle at the median. The individual listings are below.

Price basis not confirmed, may or may not include UK duty and VAT.

Prices read 2026-10-14. We hold one dated snapshot of merchant prices rather than a series, so there is no retail price chart on this page. The one price history we do own is trade based: the market index.

By format

Prices by format, normalised to a per-750ml comparable.
FormatLowHighPer 750mlObs.Source
1x75clnot trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
6x75cl × 6not trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
1x150cl£95£95£481not tracked

Critic scores

  • 96/100Retrieved · Note text not published (licence not confirmed).
  • 96/100Retrieved · Note text not published (licence not confirmed).
  • 95+/100Published Retrieved · Note text not published (licence not confirmed).

Each score is shown as it was published, on its own scale: a 95/100 and an 18/20 are not the same claim.

We hold 3 further critic scores for this vintage and show the 3 above.

Where to buy

Retail route

3 observations from 2 venues; 2 with unknown format, prices shown as listed below. A shelf price is what a merchant listed on the date shown; no bidding, no premium.

Retail asks, cheapest first, with the venue and the source behind each one.
VenuePrice
falconvintners.com · £48per 750ml · from 1500 ml
barolobrunello.de · £61as listed · unit not recorded
barolobrunello.de · £61as listed · unit not recorded

Auction route

No auction activity in the tracked window.

No auction activity in the tracked window.

Work out the true landed cost →

What it has fetched at auction, year by year: Elio Grasso Barolo Gavarini Chiniera 2012 price history.

LWIN 131512720120100750, the identifier for this bottling and format.