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With the Cannubi Boschis, one of Barolo’s foremost crus from a plot of just two hectares, Sandrone marries the virtues of terroir and artisanal craft. This vintage offers approachability and solid structure for a young wine. It reveals the vineyards typical notes of red fruit, tar, tobacco and vanilla.
- Country: Italy
- Region: Piemonte
- Subregion/Appellation: Barolo
Sandrone showcases his astute grasp of Nebbiolos youth and maturity through an esteemed pair of Barolos, Cannubi Boschis and Le Vigne. Through the former, representing one of Barolos foremost crus, Sandrone has effectively established a reference point for the regional standard bearer that marries the virtues of terroir and artisanal craft.
Le Vigne is a veritable benchmark in its own right, being one of the few remaining high-caliber blends still in production. As such, of course, it also captures Sandrone's respect for tradition, expertly filtered through a modern context. Theoretically a blend of four crus Merli, Ceretta, Conterni, and Vignane, Le Vigne represents Sandrones intimate knowledge of individual terroirs.
While Cannubi Boschis is a single-vineyard expression, its conception is borrows/shares/intimately connected to the philosophy and principles informing a blend is a composition. Each of the vineyards subplots is harvested and vinified separately, followed by an individual aging period of one year. This careful treatment of each as a distinct entity is not in the least gratuitous, as the vineyard is multifaceted with respect to its composition and elements, rendering the differences among the subplots substantive rather than slight.
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