Elio Sandri, Barolo Riserva Perno, 2018 so081425 new summer arrivals a native red grape better

a native red grape better known as a blending partner in Chianti

and at this point it's entering a lovely mature window where the fruit has given way to dried-flower

all planted between 1960 and 1980

with zippy acidity and a long

while the finish is extraordinarily long and layered

Elio Sandri, Barolo Riserva Perno, 2018 so081425 new summer arrivals a native red grape betterThis is the Sandri Riserva for people who would rather not wait fifteen years. Elio Sandri farms 7. 5 hectares at Cascina Disa in Monforte d'Alba's Perno cru and makes wine the way his neighbors' grandfathers did: cement fermentation, long aging in big Slavonian botti, no fining, no filtration, sulfur only at bottling. 2018 was a cooler, more classically proportioned year in Barolo, and the Riserva shows it, perfumed and red fruited where the