Wine Notes
Sandrone treads the fine line between modern and traditional Barolo and the result is usually elegant, structured, yet deeply complex wines. Cannubi Boschis is his flagship wine and one that never ceases to receive praise. The 2012 vintage has a lovely mid-ruby hue with red cherry fruit, orange peel and tobacco coming through. The magnum will be just about opening up now but will last another decade.
Producer Notes
Luciano Sandrone produces really quite a lot of wine from extremely low yielding vines, meaning that there are a lot of vines.
His iconic Barolo Cannubi Boschis came to prominence in the 1989 and 1990 vintages, and whilst those two vintages are really rather expensive, other vintages are not such bad value for such quality wine.
Please don’t ignore his ‘lesser’ wines though: the Nebbiolo, Barbera and Dolcetto d’Alba are all excellent value for everyday drinking.
All his wines are red.
Finally, it’s worth noting that some bottles are labelled ‘Sibi e Paucis’, which simply means that they have been cellared longer by Sandrone and released some years later than those without the ‘Sibi e Paucis’ label. So long as the wines have been well stored in the UK, there’s really no particularly reason to pay the premium for this.
Vintage Notes
2012 was an above average vintage in Piedmont
Other 2012 Barolo DOCG
2012 Falletto di Bruno Giacosa Barolo: £120
2012 Mascarello Barolo Monprivato: £175
Other vintages of Luciano Sandrone Barolo Cannubi Boschis
2006: £245
2013 (in Double magnum): £885
2013 (in Magnum): £450
2013: £180
2016 (in Double magnum): £1000
2016 (in Magnum): £510
2016: £220
Other wines from Luciano Sandrone
2004 Barolo Le Vigne: £245
2005 Barolo Le Vigne (150cl): £310
2008 Barolo Le Vigne: £200
2008 Barolo Le Vigne: £200
2010 Barolo Le Vigne: £280
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