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Luciano Sandrone Le Vigne Barolo 2017

  • James Suckling
    97 Points
  • Kerin O'Keefe
    97 Points
  • Antonio Galloni
    95 Points
Luciano Sandrone Le Vigne Barolo 2017
  • James Suckling
    97 Points
  • Kerin O'Keefe
    97 Points
  • Antonio Galloni
    95 Points
Luciano Sandrone Le Vigne Barolo 2017
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Luciano Sandrone Le Vigne Barolo 2017

SKU: LSVB201710 UCAU
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15 Plus Years
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Scorching summer and small yields led to bold fruit, but Sandrone preserved freshness.

The 2017 Sandrone Le Vigne is a warm-vintage triumph bold but balanced, with unexpected finesse and real cellar legs.

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Tasting Notes

Luciano Sandrone Le Vigne Barolo 2017 stands as a remarkable example of Barolo's potential to blend power and elegance. The 2017 vintage, marked by a scorching summer and notably small yields, produced grapes with intensely bold fruit flavors. Despite these challenging conditions, Sandrone expertly preserved the wine's freshness, resulting in a bold yet balanced expression that captivates with its depth and finesse.

Hailing from a premium private cellar, this vintage boasts unexpected finesse and real cellar potential, promising to evolve gracefully over time. The 2017 Le Vigne showcases the warm-vintage triumph characteristics, combining rich, concentrated dark fruit notes with vibrant acidity and structured tannins.

Originating from the renowned Barolo region, known for its unique terroir and Nebbiolo grapes, this wine reflects the traditional craftsmanship and meticulous attention to detail that define Luciano Sandrone's wines. The 2017 growing season's intense heat and careful vineyard management contributed to a wine that is both powerful and refined, embodying the essence of modern Barolo.

Luciano Sandrone Le Vigne Barolo 2017 is an excellent choice for collectors and enthusiasts seeking a wine with both immediate appeal and long-term aging potential. It pairs beautifully with rich meats, truffles, and aged cheeses, enhancing sophisticated dining experiences with its complex aromas and layered flavors.

Critic Scores

Opulent and very sexy with perfume, cedar, dried flowers and dried strawberries and just a hint of nutmeg. It’s medium-to full-bodied with round and finely velvety tannins and a flavorful finish. So seductive. Drink after 2025.

Fragrant and delicious, this gorgeous wine opens with inviting aromas of rose, sandalwood, camphor and perfumed berry alongside whiffs of truffle and French oak. The full-bodied palate combines elegance and structure, featuring ripe Morello cherry, crushed raspberry, licorice and a dollop of vanilla alongside firm, refined tannins. It's already tempting but hold for more complexity.

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.

Vinification & Cultivation

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Vineyard Cultivation

The 2017 vintage was warm and dry across Piedmont, with accelerated phenological development and an early harvest. Barolo's marl and limestone soils provided mineral complexity and natural drainage in the face of the vintage's heat. Sandrone's vineyard parcels achieved full ripeness by early September, concentrating fruit flavours whilst maintaining acidity. The vintage's warmth and early harvest produced wines of generous ripeness and concentration, characteristic of the 2017 Barolo style across the region.

Vinification

Grapes were hand-harvested and fully destemmed, fermented in traditional vats with native yeasts. The maceration period lasted approximately 20–24 days, extracting colour and tannin complexity suited to the vintage's ripeness. Malolactic fermentation occurred naturally in a blend of neutral French barrels and larger oak, where the wine aged for approximately 26–30 months. The slow maturation balanced the vintage's concentration with structural finesse. Bottling followed natural settling without filtration.

About this Wine

Piedmont

Piedmont (Piemonte in Italian) is probably the finest wine region in all of Italy, and has laid claim to this since Roman times. It has a continental climate influenced by the surrounding Alps and Ligurian Apennines, and is located in the north-west of Italy, bordering both France and Switzerland.

Piedmont has only 1% of the total vineyards of Bordeaux and 15% that of Burgundy. So while a top Chateaux may produce upwards of 35,000 cases a year, leading Barolo producers will often make only 800 cases. More than half of its vineyards are registered with DOC designations and many are in the Apennine or Alpine foothills, from 300-600m above sea level. Most of the wines are produced by smaller family estates rather than larger holdings.

Piedmont has 46 different DOC and four DOCG regions, and produces the largest number of well known, world-recognized, prize-winning wines. The most famous would have to be Barolo or Barbaresco, whose power comes from the Nebbiolo grape variety. The most widely planted red variety is Barbera although Dolcetto, Muscat, Shiraz and Bonarda are also produced.

The white variety most well known is Moscato, which is often made into frizzante (bubbly) wines known as Asti. Cortese is made into the popular Gavi wines, and smaller amounts of Chardonnay and high quality Sparkling are also produced in the far north of Piedmont.

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