2018 Luciano Sandrone Barbera D’Alba

2018 Luciano Sandrone Barbera D’Alba

2018 Luciano Sandrone Barbera D’Alba The Luciano Sandrone 2018 Barbera d’Alba is a wine of remarkable smoothness and integration. There are absolutely no sharp edges here, as this Barbera is polished and buffed over twice for good measure. It is packed tight with luscious dark fruit and blackberry preserves. That dark core is framed by light touches of Indian spice, campfire ash and truffle. There is a note of cherry sweetness on the close, but it is beautifully softened by all that rich intensity. If you are a fan of the Barbera grape, let me draw your attention to this tremendous value.

We do the homework for you in the market place, always searching for opportunities for our customers. After the holiday season, if you shake the trees you can find great wines that have huge savings because someone needs to move them. We come in and are able to pass some incredible wines with some huge savings attached. I will be emailing these offers as soon as I get them as they pretty much sell out immediately. Today’s wine is such a wine, from an Italian legend.

The wines of Luciano Sandrone have reached cult status ever since Parker gave a 1990 Barolo from Sandrone a perfect 100pt score and this was one of the very first times that Parker gave a wine from Piedmont a perfect score. Sandrone attention to detail in the vineyard and in the winery at every level have resulted in some of the finest and most sought after wines Piedmont has to offer. Sandrone’s genius is his ability to brilliantly reconcile modern and traditional approaches that result in Barolo that are soft, supple and delicious young but also capable of aging for decades. Sandrone is one of the true masters of Piedmont. I have tasted his Barolo’s from vintages like ’78 and ’82 and I can tell these wines are at the absolute pinnacle of Barolo.

Some of the greatest wines I have ever had is the work that Sandrone has done blending Barbera with Nebbiolo. The man is a revolutionary with Barbera and today I bring you his 2018 Luciano Sandrone Barbera d’ Alba that got a massive 94pts by Parker’s WA at a huge 42% savings that is one of the finest examples of this wine there is. This wine has superb richness, velvety smooth, silky soft all the way to the finish still maintaining acidity making it an amazing food wine as well. The extra summer heat that we had in 2018 only made Barbera better allowing the fruit flavors to be more generous and the wine more opulent and richer. Barbera is the perfect gateway to the great wines of Piedmont. Lovers of Piedmont, this is a great buy. Legendary producer, one of the finest Barbera there is at a tremendous price with free case shipping.