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The Sandrone family farm a continuous three-hectare vineyard in the Valmaggiore area of Roero which they established in the early 1990s. This is an extremely steep (50% gradient in places!) and spectacularly beautiful terraced vineyard, planted to a relatively high density of 8,000 vines per hectare. The soil here—comprised of almost pure sand littered with limestone fossils (i.e. chalky sand)—gifts a remarkably perfumed and elegant expression of Nebbiolo, as distinct from the denser styles of wine produced in the clay-rich soils of Barolo and Barbaresco.
The Valmaggiore vineyard is farmed meticulously and organically, and a strict sorting occurs each year to reach the level of purity and intensity we see in the glass today. Of course, vine age is playing an ever-greater role in the quality of wine being released each year.