2017 Barolo, Le Vigne, Luciano Sandrone, Piedmont, Italy

Red • Dry • Full Bodied • Nebbiolo
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Code: 20170101500001104712

Description

Fruit here is from a mosaic of vineyards and villages: Baudana in Serralunga, Villero in Castiglione, Merli in Novello and Vignane in Barolo. The warm year has created a heady cocktail of coffee, pepper, mint and macerated cherry. The vines are over 50 years old. There’s more Merli and less Serralunga, mitigating the taut structure the latter imparts. Drink 2026-2045.

  • Colour
    Red
  • Sweetness
    Dry
  • Vintage
    2017
  • Alcohol
    14.5%
  • Grape
    Nebbiolo
  • Body
    Full Bodied
  • Producer
    Luciano Sandrone

Critics reviews

Antonio Galloni
95/100
The 2017 Barolo Le Vigne is rich, pliant and so expressive. Even so, I imagine it will need a few years to open up fully. Bright red fruit, rose petal, blood orange and spice give the 2017 its distinctly red-toned profile. Elegant and translucent, the 2017 is very nicely balanced. Vineyard sources are Baudana, Villero, Vignane and Merli.
Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com (February 2021)

About The Wine

Nebbiolo

Nebbiolo is the grape behind the Barolo and Barbaresco wines and is hardly ever seen outside the confines of Piedmont. It takes its name from "nebbia" which is Italian for fog, a frequent phenomenon in the region. A notoriously pernickety grape, it requires sheltered south-facing sites and performs best on the well-drained calcareous marls to the north and south of Alba in the DOCG zones of Barbaresco and Barolo.
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Piedmont

Piedmont has been the pre-eminent fine wine province of Italy since Roman times. Located in the north-west of the country, it is influenced culturally and climatically by the surrounding Alps and Ligurian Apennines. Its most important fine wine regions are the Langhe, incorporating Barolo and Barbaresco; Monferrato, comprising the wines of Asti and Gavi; and Novara with its Colline Novaresi and Boca.
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