Luciano Sandrone, Barolo Cannubi Boschis, 1997 SO_Muzard_032824 macerations run up to sixty

macerations run up to sixty days

a thread of fynbos and salt

and Mea's version has had time to develop the secondary complexity that distinguishes a great vintage grower Champagne from a merely good one

a Gevrey house with a reputation for some of the most concentrated

Luciano Sandrone, Barolo Cannubi Boschis, 1997 SO_Muzard_032824 macerations run up to sixtyThe wine that made Sandrone famous, now drinking from a riper, more generous vintage. Cannubi Boschis (later renamed Aleste) is the single cru Luciano picked out to bottle on its own every year from 1985, a choice that helped popularize the modern Barolo cru. The 1997 was a warm, opulent year across Piedmont, so this leans plusher and more open than the structured 1996 alongside it. It's a mature bottle from a private collection, well into its