Luciano Sandrone, Le Vigne, Barolo 2001 10 Year Old textured Champagne with lively fruit

textured Champagne with lively fruit

juicy Chilean Carmenere with just enough red fruit crunch and hints of tobacco and tea leaf

The nose is fresh and crisp the palate full of complexity

Another awesome wine from the Titan that is Alberto Orte

Luciano Sandrone, Le Vigne, Barolo 2001 10 Year Old textured Champagne with lively fruitFounded in 1978, the small estate of Luciano Sandrone is one of the most revered in the Langhe. Le Vigne was first produced in 1990 and is an old school assemblage of the finest parcels of vines from the estate owned vineyards in Baudana (Serralunga), Villero (Castiglione Falletto), Vignane (Barolo) and Merli (Novelli). The grapes undergo spontaneous indigenous yeast fermentation in open top steel tanks, followed by malolactic fermentation and