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Sandrone - Cannubi Boschis 2011
Wine
Barolo Cannubi Boschis is the Sandrone flagship wine, and the wine that garnered Luciano his early acclaim with international trade and press. This single-vineyard wine is one the of great cru sites in Barolo, synonymous with richness and complexity. It is typically dense and concentrated, but shows incredible harmony and balance. In great vintages, properly cellared examples will drink well for 20+ years.
Estate
Luciano Sandrone is one of the iconic producers in Barolo, and his is both a well known and extraordinary story. He started to learn viticulture at the age of 14 or 15, and after years of work as a cellarman he depleted his life savings and purchased his first vineyard on the Cannubi hill in 1977,
though he could only manage his land on the weekends while he continued to work. He made his first few vintages in his garage, until the winery he built in 1998 was ready. Luciano has devoted every fiber of his being towards cultivating the finest Nebbiolo from his sites in Barolo and the Roero, and transmitting these expressions through his wines.
Vineyard
Cannubi extends north from the village of Barolo and has been planted to Nebbiolo on its south and east exposures for at least a century. The "Boschis" subzone of the Cannubi is located directly across the little valley from the Sandrone winery building. The Cannubi Boschis subzone has a particularly
good exposure to the south and southeast in a small bowl or "conca" that helps hold the warmth in the early morning. Its soils are sea deposits of calcareous clay, not very deep, with good drainage.
Vinification
Each lot is vinified separately, and after destemming and light crushing, the must is covered with CO2 for a gentle warm maceration of approximately a day. Alcoholic fermentation begins about 24-36 hours later from native yeasts. A gentle maceration takes place in upright open-top steel tanks for the first 9-12 days of alcoholic fermentation. Immediately after alcoholic fermentation, which takes 25 days, malolactic fermentation takes place in 500 liter French oak casks. The wine is aged in these casks (20% new) for 24 months.
