Elio Sandri, Barolo Perno, 2019 SO040125 Trousselle Drink it neat or over

Drink it neat or over one big rock

and 2016 — universally considered one of the great Barbaresco vintages of the modern era — gave them a wine of extraordinary purity

reminiscent of a high-end Ribeira Sacra

and this back-vintage bottle now drinks with mellowed

supported by sophisticated tannins and simply gorgeous purity of expression on the terrifically long finish

Elio Sandri, Barolo Perno, 2019 SO040125 Trousselle Drink it neat or overElio 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