The Elio Grasso 2021 Langhe Chardonnay Educato is a mineral-driven white wine from a parcel that sits at a cool and breezy 460 meters above sea level. The canopy is very high off the ground, with loose clusters, allowing air currents to keep the fruit disease-free. Gianluca Grasso jokes: "The vines look like little Christmas trees." This wine has a glossy quality that I absolutely love. I get aromas of honey, beeswax, peach, spice and latex. No malolactic fermentation takes place, and there is an elegant dusting of salty mineral on the close.