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

all planted between 1960 and 1980

full malo in stainless steel

while the finish is extraordinarily long and layered

The 2012 is lifted and gracious

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