
2018 Luciano Sandrone Barbera d'Alba
'Tremendous Value' - Wine Advocate Iconic Piedmont Producer 94 Points 'Full-Bodied & Velvety' Free Shipping on 6 or More Bottles About the Wine Luciano Sandrone is one of the most iconic producers in Barolo, and he is both a well-known and extraordinary story. Sandrone’s wines straddle the modern and traditional styles of the region: elegant, attractive, and easy to appreciate in their youth, but still possesses the power and structure. Sandrone focuses on extremely low yields with obsessive attention to detail to his viticultural standards. Luciano subjects his wines to a shorter maceration period and makes limited use of new oak. The entire range of his limited production wines are jewels of impeccably balanced concentration and precision and have an impressive ability to age for decades. These rare treasures are hard to come by, don't let this be the one that got away. Originally native of the Monferrato hills, in the second half of the nineteenth century Barbera vines were