2017 Luciano Sandrone Valmaggiore Nebbiolo d'Alba Sibi et Pauci

• Producer: Luciano Sandrone
• Varietal: Nebbiolo
• Region: Langhe
• Alcohol: 14.0%
• Net volume: 750ml
• Vintage: 2017

The first thing to say is that if you didn’t know a thing about the growing season, you would be hard-pressed to pick 2019 as a warm year. Instead, the wines carry the classical shape and tension that characterised cooler years like 2005 or 2016. Then, the wines have a charming, glistening inner sweetness and chiselled, integrated tannin that is all their own. Together, the two make for a beautiful marriage between contemporary and classic. In Barbara Sandrone’s words, 2019 is a “very special vintage”.

Luca Sandrone points to the long growing season, good water supply, and large diurnal fluctuations at harvest as among the keys to unlocking the quality of this year’s wines. Despite slightly above-average temperatures from July through October, Sandrone’s harvest took place mid-October (as in 2013 and 2016), giving the Nebbiolo time to reach physiological ripeness. At the same time, evening temperatures cooled down towards the end of the season and remained cool, allowing the grapes to retain the acidity that brings such engaging freshness to this year’s Barolo. 

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