Sandrone tasting

As it was Sandrone's first visit to Israel and since Barbara informed me about it before it was officially announced, I felt it was a must to show, meet them and enjoy the wines.

• 2010 Luciano Sandrone Nebbiolo d'Alba Valmaggiore 88 Points

  Italy, Piedmont, Alba, Nebbiolo d'Alba

  fruity, tannic, still very young, good acidity, well balanced, warm alcoholic ending.

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• 2008 Luciano Sandrone Nebbiolo d'Alba Valmaggiore 89 Points

  Italy, Piedmont, Alba, Nebbiolo d'Alba

  already starts to show maturity in aroma and flavours, softer, more round tannins, pleasant earthiness. enjoyable now but should be further aged for 3-5 years at least.

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• 2006 Luciano Sandrone Nebbiolo d'Alba Valmaggiore 90 Points

  Italy, Piedmont, Alba, Nebbiolo d'Alba

  ripe aroma and flavours, med-full bodied, round & soft tannins, well balanced, still young and very tannic.

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• 2005 Luciano Sandrone Nebbiolo d'Alba Valmaggiore 88 Points

  Italy, Piedmont, Alba, Nebbiolo d'Alba

  med bodied, lean, tannic, lacks some complexity, warm alcoholic ending.

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• 2008 Luciano Sandrone Barolo Le Vigne 92 Points

  Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo

  young earthy aroma, full bodied, well balanced, firm tannins, pleasant warm ending,

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• 2005 Luciano Sandrone Barolo Le Vigne 90 Points

  Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo

  med-full bodied, round smooth tannins, shows maturity and relatively ready to drink from now, though can further age few years.

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• 2004 Luciano Sandrone Barolo Le Vigne 93 Points

  Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo

  classic rich Barolo aroma & flavours, still closed & too young, rough tannins, very good complexity, excellent harmony, good long ageing potential.

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• 2003 Luciano Sandrone Barolo Le Vigne 91 Points

  Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo

  full bodied, lacks some complexity, quite tannic, well balanced, ready to drink as from now, high quality aftertaste.

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• 2002 Luciano Sandrone Barolo Le Vigne 87 Points

  Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo

  odd aroma and lacks structure - something is missing here.
  lean body, very tannic, though surprisingly appears well on the palate

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• 2001 Luciano Sandrone Barolo Le Vigne 94 Points

  Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo

  very elegant aroma, well balanced, highly tannic, good complexity, pleasant long aftertaste. good ageing potential.

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Barbara, good looking, with her fluent English, performed very well, even though she arrived with a night flight earlier that day.
Luciano was friendly as usual, even though he speaks only Italian.
Quite an enjoyable soiree.