Luciano Sandrone Valmaggiore Nebbiolo d'Alba 2007

The grapes used to make this wine are cultivated in one of the historical cru vineyards in the Roero district—Valmaggiore—situated in the municipality of Vezza d'Alba. Valmaggiore is a project that took years to fully realize and is further evidence of the Sandrone winery's complete commitment to the expression of great Nebbiolo-based wine. The wine is aged in French-oak casks for 12 months, followed by 9 months bottle aging.

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 vintage in 1978, in the garage of his parents, and then spent years refining his ideas about how to make a wine of distinction and utmost quality that respected the traditions of Barolo while incorporating new ideas and understanding about viticulture and vinification.