Luciano Sandrone, Barolo Vigne other_regions even at the first sniff

even at the first sniff of the bouquet

clean red fruits

Cuvee Cathelin

52 ha parcel in En La Chapelle

Underneath all of that plush fruit is a stony core of structure and myriad spicy complexities that should sustain it for decades to come

Luciano Sandrone, Barolo Vigne other_regions even at the first sniffLuciano Sandrone and his daughter Barbara tell me that the 2014 harvest needs explaining. Many are quick to dismiss it given the difficulties of the growing season that saw abundant rain, hail and bombe d'acqua, or "water bombs," which are a dangerous phenomenon with intense rainfall in a very small radius. But hard work does pay off. The Sandrone family employed 38 people for farming, when the average harvest requires only 22 pairs of vineyard hands.