Luciano Sandrone Valmaggiore Nebbiolo d'Alba 2022 lenswood The nose reveals ripe red

The nose reveals ripe red fruit aromas

We can't remember a Les Argiles with this level of detail and clarity

We know of at least one tiny pocket of Gamay à petits grains that still survives in Beaujolais (not far from Vissoux) although there are probably more

Indeed it's picked later than the other varieties

The wine fermented spontaneously and aged on fine lees for 10 months in glass-lined tanks

Luciano Sandrone Valmaggiore Nebbiolo d'Alba 2022 lenswood The nose reveals ripe redA precipitous 50% gradient in places, Valmaggiore is planted to a high density of 8,000 vines per hectare and the soil here is comprised almost entirely of pure sand littered with fossilised crustaceans (i. e. it is a chalky sand). This soil gifts a remarkably perfumed and elegant expression of Nebbiolo, nothing to do with the more powerful style of wine produced in the clay rich soils of Barolo and Barbaresco. For those new to this wine, the Sandrone