Elio Sandri, Barolo Perno, 2019 SO040125 Trousselle and this back-vintage bottle now

and this back-vintage bottle now drinks with mellowed

Forey's whole cluster fermentation and oak treatment coax dark cherry

The first sip reveals sweetness with a subtle hint of orange

crafting wines that go far beyond simple oyster pairings

marine-influenced strip of San Luis Obispo

Elio Sandri, Barolo Perno, 2019 SO040125 Trousselle and this back-vintage bottle nowElio Sandri is one of Barolo's most coveted traditionalists, farming 7. 5 hectares at Cascina Disa in the Perno cru of Monforte d'Alba, where he lives and works on site. He makes wine the old way: cement fermentation, long aging in big Slavonian botti, no fining, no filtration, sulfur only at bottling. This is his straight Barolo Perno from the strong 2019 vintage, Nebbiolo at its truest, both exuberant and austere. With only a few thousand bottles