Luciano Sandrone Valmaggiore Nebbiolo d'Alba 2022 lenswood with slatey minerality

with slatey minerality

With a new source of fruit in Friuli's San Martino al Tagliamento (a village which has only just been granted Prosecco status) and just 12 g/l residual - the lowest possible for Extra Dry - it's not only racier and deeper than most of its competitors

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

Briccolina

supple tannins and savoury balsamic nuances and a long finish

Luciano Sandrone Valmaggiore Nebbiolo d'Alba 2022 lenswood with slatey mineralityA 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