Community Tasting Notes 13

• Harley1199 Likes this wine:

  January 15, 2023 - By the glass. Traditional bottle of Barolo on the nose of this well-known winery. Delicious fresh cherries on the nose with that expected bitter touch. On the palate it is excessively juicy, structured and quite long. Obviously it needs an extra time to develop its full potential.
  
  Por copas. Tradicional botella de Barolo en nariz de esta conocida casa. Deliciosas cerezas frescas en nariz con ese esperado toque amargo. En boca se muestra excesivamente jugosa, estructurada y larga. Obviamente necesita de un tiempo extra para desarrollar todo su potencial.

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• MC2 Wines Likes this wine:

  November 28, 2022 - Piemonte: Back to the truffling!; 11/24/2022-12/3/2022 (Wineries and various restaurants): Pretty in style. This is dark and brooding and black fruits and more intense and 20-25% new oak (not a fan of this choice) which has an influence on the style. The fruit wants to get through and it almost does but not quite. 2 years barrique, 2 years bottle age. Lots of tannins. Give it some time. I like a number of other regions wine with time in oak with enough time after.

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• il_diavolo wrote: 93 points

  May 5, 2022 - Likely can go higher in time score-wise, but at this point the alcohol is poking out a bit more than I'd like, with also some distracting caramel that I don't love in Nebbiolo. But the fruit is concentrated as you expect from a 2016 (fruit concentration the hallmark of 2016s) with great depth, power and structure. Definitely a wine that needs to be left to find its potential over time - drinking it in the next 5 years (if not next 10 years) is surely a waste.

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• melvinyeowq wrote:

  December 26, 2021 - Boxing day at NY Verden: Easy to tell that this was a young modernist Barolo - guessed 15 at first. At first I didn't like this so much as the oak on the nose was obstrusive and the alcohol was showing a little too much. When I revisited this a few hours later at the end of dinner, it had become much more integrated. Superb concentration of fruit and exceptional length. Has all the makings of a great wine but needs a lot more time, so am glad this was opened by a generous friend instead of my own.

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• Cailles wrote: 97 points

  December 20, 2021 - Some Barolo Stars: Three superstar Barolos from the 2016 vintage tasted side by side. All three showed the amazing potential of this great vintage. Winner was the Burlotto Monvilgiero (98 pts, tasted double blind) due to its singularity, purity and the most Burgundian structure. Close second, the Sandrone Le Vigne (97 pts, tasted double blind), highly complex, superb purity and an ultra-fine structure. Not far behind, the Vietti Ravera (96 pts), a mix between the two other wines in terms of aroma profile and structure. Like all three, already quite approachable with some time.
  
  TN: With some time, the wine opened up nicely. Medium+ expressive, elegant nose with lots of rose water, tar, toeffe, caramel, earthy notes. As textbook Barolo as Barolo can be. On the palate there is a beautiful fruit core full of pure, fresh strawberries, around that layers of herbal notes, earthy aromas, roses and tar and again a touch of caramel. At first with one or the other edge, this became so round with ultra-fine tannins, a perfectly integrated, medium+ acidity, very light structure and feel. Good length with lots of fruit and earthy notes. Great balance and quite complete already, despite being this young.
  
  Decanting: Decanted for 60 minutes, got better in the glass, so could even use a bit more air.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2016
• Type Red
• Producer Luciano Sandrone
• Varietal Nebbiolo
• Designation Le Vigne
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Italy
• Region Piedmont
• SubRegion Langhe
• Appellation Barolo
• UPC Codes 452323747504, 8022534211754, 8022534213758, 8022534216155, 8022534216308, 8022534216759

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• Pending Delivery 43 (2%)
• In Cellars 2,538 (92%)
• Consumed 181 (7%)

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