Sandrone Barolo Le Vigne 2020

Description

Ancient art. Barolo LE VIGNE interprets the tradition of the Langhe and Barolo by handing down the ancient and skilful art of blending grapes from several vineyards. We have taken up this historical custom by working only with indigenous yeasts and keeping separated the grapes until blending, instead of blending them already during the fermentation.

Symphony of a territory. Barolo LE VIGNE in fact encapsulates the characteristics of each vineyard: all different but each peculiar. At its birth, thanks to the art of blending, the vineyards of Vignane in Barolo and Merli in Novello were joined. In 2010, the project was expanded to include Baudana in Serralunga d'Alba, which was followed in 2011 by Villero in Castiglione Falletto. The 2019 vintage sees LE VIGNE completed with Le Coste of Monforte in Monforte d'Alba. Different exposures, locations, genetic heritage, altitudes and soil types, the five vineyards that today make up Barolo LE VIGNE are united through the art of blending, giving shape to a single voice capable of narrating the entire Barolo territory. Every year a discovery. Harvested, vinified and aged separately, we combine in the blend the batches capable express the uniqueness of the vineyards and enhance the particularities of each vintage.

Only after years of slow and silent evolution do we know that the Nebbiolo gives its best characters. Our Barolo LE VIGNE is one of the protagonists of the ‘sibi et paucis’ project.

Details

Perfume

The extraordinary 2020 vintage produced a wine that combines power and delicacy. Lively aromas of black fruits, roses and violets emerge on the nose, with hints of cola nut and graphite.

Taste

On the palate, aromas of berries and ripe tannins prevail. The finish is generous and exhilarating. Drinking one might wonder if this wine is already ready, but at this stage of its maturation it already reveals itself to be surprisingly drinkable and balanced. Indeed, careful tasting will leave no doubt as to the importance of its structure. The tannins appear so ripe and silky that they almost seem to vanish in the wine, but they exist and will accompany it for several more decades of cellar ageing.

Serve at:

18 - 20 °C.

Longevity:

10 - 15 years

Decanting time:

1 hour

Producer

Producer

Sandrone Luciano

From this winery

• Start up year: 1978
• Oenologist: Luca Sandrone
• Bottles produced: 95.000
• Hectares: 25

Luciano Sandrone is one of the leading producers in Barolo. His story is well known: after years of work as a cellarman he purchased his first vineyard on the Cannubi hill. Since their first harvest in 1978, Luciano and his brother Luca have devoted tremendous efforts towards cultivating the finest fruit in their vineyards, which now cover 63 acres in the best parts of Langa and Roero, and to taking extraordinary care in the cellar.

Sandrone’s Barolos are sometimes described as straddling the modern and traditional styles in the region: elegant, attractive and easy to appreciate right from their first years in bottle, but with no less power and structure than traditional Barolos. Along with the extremely low yields in the vineyard, Sandrone has a very rational approach in the cellar. This approach, however, is also unique and outside of simple classification, as Sandrone subjects his wines to a relatively short maceration period, does not use rotary fermenters, and makes limited use of new oak in the maturation process, all signs of a traditional approach in the cellar.

The new winery, built in 1998 at the foot of the steep Cannubi hillside in the heart of the Barolo district, is characterized by the respect for tradition and desire for innovation that also define Sandrone wines.
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Technical Sheet

Name	Sandrone Barolo Le Vigne 2020
Type	Red green still
Denomination	Barolo DOCG
Vintage	2020
Size	0,75 l
Alcohol content	14.5% by volume
Grape varieties	100% Nebbiolo
Country	Italy
Region	Piedmont
Vendor	Sandrone Luciano
Origin	Vineyards in the communes of: Barolo: Vignane Castiglione Falletto: Villero since 2011 Monforte d'Alba: Le Coste di Monforte since 2019 Novello: Merli Serralunga d'Alba: Baudana since 2010
Harvest	The grape harvest took place from 8 to 13 October.
Wine making	Spontaneous fermentation. Maceration and alcoholic fermentation in open steel vats.
Aging	Malolactic fermentation and elevation in 500-litre French oak barrels. Maturation in bottle 18 months.
Allergens	Contains sulphites