Luciano Sandrone Barolo Aleste Sibi et Paucis 2014

Luciano Sandrone Barolo Aleste Sibi et Paucis is a cellar-aged re-release of the estate's flagship Cannubi Boschis Barolo.

Sibi et Paucis, roughly for the few and favoured, is the Sandrone family's museum programme. Each year 10 to 15 per cent of production of the Nebbiolo wines is held back in the winery's underground cellars and re-released closer to maturity: six years after the harvest for Valmaggiore, ten years for the Barolos. Each re-release carries a stamp on the label to distinguish it from the original bottling. Aleste is the current name for the wine long bottled as Cannubi Boschis, and it remains entirely from that vineyard. The Boschis subzone sits near the northern end of the Cannubi hill, directly opposite the Sandrone cellars, where the family farms 1.9 hectares. The exposure is south to south-east within a small amphitheatre, locally a conca, that holds early-morning warmth, and the soils are sea deposits of calcareous clay with sand, so drainage is excellent. Aleste is the deeper and more mineral of the two Sandrone Barolos.

Released with maturity already behind it and still able to age further; serve at 16–18°C, decanted, with braised beef, game birds or aged Castelmagno.

*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. If you are after a specific vintage, please contact us prior to ordering.