Luciano Sandrone Valmaggiore Nebbiolo d'Alba 2022 lenswood With a new source of

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

Indeed it's picked later than the other varieties

The nose reveals ripe red fruit aromas

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

5 hectares of this prime vineyard made up predominantly of very steep parcels

Luciano Sandrone Valmaggiore Nebbiolo d'Alba 2022 lenswood With a new source ofA 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