2017 Barolo, Le Vigne, Luciano Sandrone, Piedmont, Italy UOM red/purplish fruit

red/purplish fruit

the 2016 Mazis-Chambertin Grand Cru from Bernstein shows a perfumed

blood orange and camphor ash

He waited for the rain that weekend and was among the last to harvest on 15th September

waiting to evolve and unfurl from beneath a thick dark chocolate heart imprinted with smoked earth touches

2017 Barolo, Le Vigne, Luciano Sandrone, Piedmont, Italy UOM red/purplish fruitFruit 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. Theres more Merli and less Serralunga, mitigating the taut structure the latter imparts. Drink 2026 2045.