Luciano Sandrone, Barolo Cannubi Boschis, 1996 SO090425 Huet then left alone in old

then left alone in old barrels

Compared to heavier

perfumed counterpoint to his Morgons: old-vine Gamay on pink granite

The vines are deeply rooted in clay-limestone soils

A straight-up banger of a rosé from one of Chinon's most respected estates

Luciano Sandrone, Barolo Cannubi Boschis, 1996 SO090425 Huet then left alone in oldThe wine that made Sandrone famous, now with nearly three decades of age on it. Cannubi Boschis (renamed Aleste from the 2013 vintage) is the family's single icon cru, the only vineyard Luciano chose to bottle on its own every year since 1985, a move that helped bring the modern idea of the Barolo cru to the Langhe. The 1996 comes from a classic, structured, slow to evolve vintage, exactly the kind of year built to reward patience like this. This is a