Alberto Oggero Sandro d'Pindeta Nebbiolo 2024

Sandro d'Pindeta is a Roero Nebbiolo grown on almost pure sand and raised entirely in concrete, with no oak at any stage.

Roero sits on the left bank of the Tanaro, opposite the Langhe, and its ancient marine sands make for a lighter, more perfumed and earlier-drinking Nebbiolo than the clay and marl of Barolo. Alberto Oggero farms in Santo Stefano Roero, and this cuvée comes from the hills of San Michele and Cascina Caudana, where sand accounts for as much as 70% of the soil and silt and clay are scarce. Sandy soils drain fast and hold little water, which limits vigour and gives wines of finer tannin and a distinctly saline edge. The fruit was destemmed and fermented with gentle pump-overs rather than hard extraction, then aged in concrete until the following spring. Bottled young and without wood, it is a Nebbiolo made for immediacy and freshness rather than for the cellar.

Approachable straight away and good for five years or so. Serve at 16–18°C with agnolotti, roast rabbit or a plate of Toma cheese.

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