Community Tasting Notes 49

• pavel_p wrote: 91 points

  March 5, 2024 - From memory. Not a big fan. Very modern, rich and ripe Barolo. Even on the hot 2007 vintage there are much more refined and aromatically conplex wines

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• ovenmitt wrote: 94 points

  September 28, 2023 - Asti, Kodie birthday. Excellent! Quick decant….. classic Barolo notes of tar, licorice and roses. Big and juicy (reflecting the vintage) but not out of balance. Nice structure and acid to go along for the ride…. Many years for remaining bottles, but drinking very well, if young, now.

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• Richard P Howden Likes this wine: 92 points

  June 18, 2023 - At a restaurant, very nice tonight with a floral, herbal nose, and deep, medium weight palate. Red fruited all the way. Not silky, but lovely, well balanced, and food friendly. I was pretty happy to find this on a restaurant list at a fair price.

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• Rote Kappelle Likes this wine: 94 points

  April 15, 2023 - I am scoring this as Outstanding on the CT scale. I absolutely loved the mouthfeel of this wine, combined with the glorious expression of Nebbiolo fruit. My first Sandrone and it won't be my last.
  
  Reflecting the vintage there is a bit more depth to the colour of this wine than usual. I drink Barolo from a Riedel Bordeaux stem, as I like the balance this gives between opening up the wine whilst providing enough fruit focus to handle the always rather present tannins of Neb.
  
  In general, one of the great things about Cannubi Boschis is that the free draining soils and morning sun exposure combined with elevation create sites that lay the foundation for the winemaker to produce grapes with great balance. Treated well, the winemaker should not need to resort to a lot of tricks to coax the best out of the grapes. Sandrone has the reputation for treating his vines and grapes well. It shows.
  
  The thing that really stood out for me with this wine was the surprisingly supple texture. I just don't associate this with Barolo. I think in the 80's and 90's some makers tried to produce this by using shorter maceration times, new oak (for a creamy texture) and light pressing but this led to rather anodyne wine. Neb is not Shiraz or warm climate Cabernet or Merlot.
  
  Sandrone does use a shorter maceration than is traditional but it still tends to be around 14 days and there is no issue with extraction of pigment and tannin. This is clearly a Nebbiolo and the tannins are there - they are fine and come in more at the finish and are almost nutty. They are beautifully ripe. Bugger the fruit, I could drink the tannins alone.
  
  There is a little new oak in Sandrone wines, but we are talking very subtle - he uses mostly 500 litre tonneau and around 20% is new oak and not with heavy char. I can't easily detect the oak in this wine.
  
  I suspect that the texture comes from care in pressing, care in maceration and exquisite fruit treatment where the grapes were ripened to perfection as site and season allowed. I understand that lees contact is limited, so that option is probably out.
  
  The fruit is typical Neb dark cherry, with some floral aromatics and a lovely underlying accent of earth and almost sweet tannins. Length and intensity are fantastic and you can make a mouthful go a very long way, if you can successfully resist the urge to gorge yourself.
  
  A light in the black.

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• jnewman77 Likes this wine:

  February 3, 2023 - Perfect seal on the cork with no stain above the bottom; this was pristine and a baby. The nose took about 60 minutes to open and show lovely ripe, but fresh fruit, tobacco, tar, forest floor, and floral notes. Fresher than expected and the palate was tighter than expected. Good, but definitely still with plenty of tannins and acidity. Based on this bottle it has lots of good years ahead and I'd even say needs another 5 or so. Sandrone makes very good wine and the prices haven't escalated quite like some of the other producers so still has some reasonable value.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2007
• Type Red
• Producer Luciano Sandrone
• Varietal Nebbiolo
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Cannubi Boschis
• Country Italy
• Region Piedmont
• SubRegion Langhe
• Appellation Barolo
• UPC Codes 8022534106753, 9029334107750

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• Pending Delivery 47 (3%)
• In Cellars 973 (69%)
• Consumed 382 (27%)

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