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DOLCETTO D'ALBA - Luciano Sandrone 2016 Unanimously considered worldwide as one of the 3 or 4 greatest Barolo winemakers, Luciano Sandrone has patiently built his estate since his first harvest in 1978, and has since continued to constantly improve the quality of his wines. A fan of short macerations and aging in 500-liter barrels, the estate's style judiciously combines the traditional Piedmontese style with the contributions of modern oenology. Luciano Sandrone works as a family, assisted since 1994 by his charming daughter Barbara and his younger brother Luca, who supervises the work in the vineyards. We can only praise the wisdom of the estate, which each year keeps 15 to 20% of its production of Nebbiolo d'Alba Valmaggiore and the two Barolos for aging. These wines are released after a few years of aging with the "Cibi & Paucis" logo on the label, which indicates this prolonged aging in the estate's cellars. Dolcetto is the simplest wine of the tradition. Like Barolo Le Vigne, its strength lies in the blending of terroirs, which ensures a consistent level of very high quality over the years.

Sandrone - Dolcetto d'Alba 2016
Dolcetto d'Alba DOC

DOLCETTO D'ALBA - Luciano Sandrone  2016

Sandrone's Dolcetto has earned its place at this varietal's top table. In his seminal book, Barolo to Valpolicella, Nicolas Belfrage describes the Sandrone Dolcetto as a "mouthful of sheer fruit, but with guts." That book was last published in 2004, and the wine has only improved since then. The beauty of this atypical bottling lies in its purity, fine tannins, texture and balance that can only come with perfectly ripe fruit. The wine's superb freshness is a product of the four, high altitude, vineyards from which it derives. From estate vineyards in Monforte d'Alba, Sandrone draws from Castelletto and Cascina Pe Mol. The latter sits at the top of the ridge leading from Monforte d'Alba to the hamlet of Perno and is among the highest vineyards in the region. In Novello, the fruit comes from Rocche di San Nicola and the whitish marls of Ravera where the easterly exposure contributes perfume and aromatic complexity. The wine is made without any wood contact, only natural yeasts, and each parcel is vinified separately before blending. Although 2015 was a truly great year for Dolcetto, this 2016 is every bit the equal of last year's release. Whereas the 2015 was muscular and deep, this is wonderfully bright, perfumed and juicy with the kind of class you simply do not normally expect of this grape. Only a perfectionist estate could produce a wine of this level from Dolcetto. Don't miss it.

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TECHNICAL SHEET
  • Vintage
    2016
  • Color
    Red
  • Level
    Perfect
  • Label
    Perfect
  • Capsule
    Perfect
  • Appellation
    Dolcetto d'Alba DOC
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