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Barolo Le Vigne
Vineyard
Ceretta,
Conterni,
Merli,
Vignane
Technical datas
The climatic trend of 2005 was rather particular, but on the whole very good. The rains in April sufficiently built up the water reserves after a winter with a marked lack of precipitations...
The climatic trend of 2005 was rather particular, but on the whole very good. The rains in April sufficiently built up the water reserves after a winter with a marked lack of precipitations (especially snow) while May and June were hot enogh to cause fears that the torrid summer of 2003 would be repeated. Several drops in temperature and the arrival of storms in July and August, some of which were violent, mitigated a summer which had started off extremely hot. A few days of rain in early September caused us to worry a little, but the fine weather that followed assured a safe harvest before the heavy rains that fell between the 3rd and 7th October. Thanks in part to the meticulous thinning and leaf removal, the 2005 harvest gave us excellent quality fruit.
Harvest
October 1-15
Vinification
Each vineyard was vinified separately. After destemming and light crushing, must is "sealed" with CO2 for gentle warm maceration of approximately a day. Alcoholic fermentation begins about 24-36 hours later from native wild yeasts only.
Maceration: Gentle maceration in upright open-top steel tanks for the first 7-12 days of the alcoholic fermentation
Malo-lactic Fermentation: Immediately after alcoholic fermentation in French oak casks with a capacity of 500l.
Alcohlic Fermentation: 28-30 days.
Aging: 24 months in French oak tonneaux of 500l, followed by 18 months in bottle.
Blending: Summer 2007
Bottling date: 22 May 2008
Drink from: 2015
Drink to: 2021
Production
Bottles: 17500
Magnums: 700
Double Magnums :90
Analytical parameters
Alcohol content: 14.00%
Total acidity: 6.0 g/l
PH: 3.00
Net extract: 34.0 g/l
Ratings
Wine Advocate: 94 points
IWC/Stephen Tanzer: 92 points
IWC/Ian d'Agata: 94 points
Wine Spectator: 92 points
AIS: 4 Grappoli
Vini Buoni d'Italia: 3 Stelle
L'Espresso: 3 Bottiglie
Luca Maroni: 84 punti
Wine Advocate: 94 points. #182, Apr 2009
The 2005 Barolo Le Vigne opens with fresh, high-toned aromas that meld into a core of perfumed red fruits. There is notable vibrancy to the fruit, and although the 2005 is a relatively small-scaled vintage for this wine, the balance is exceptional. The Le Vigne has more than enough fruit to follow through all the way to the close, where notes of raspberry jam offer a final burst of intensity. Le Vigne is made from a number of parcels in Vignane (Barolo), Conterni and Ceretta (Monforte) and Merli (Novello). In 2005 the harvest took place in the first two weeks of October. The wines were vinified separately, then racked into 500-liter barrels. The final blend was assembled in the summer of 2006. Every year I taste through the various parcels separately and every year I am amazed by the way the final blend transcends the quality of the individual wines. Simply put, Le Vigne is a gem of a wine from Luciano Sandrone. Anticipated maturity: 2011-2021.
IWC/Stephen Tanzer: 92 points. Nov/Dec 09
Very good deep red-ruby. Highly nuanced nose combines raspberry, dried flowers, camphor, tobacco and dried spices. Lush on entry, then medicinal and rather closed in the middle, with a serious tannic spine keeping the flavors
under wraps today. This makes the serious 2006 seem silky and sweet by comparison, and yet even here the wine's flavors spread out to saturate the palate.
IWC/ Ian d'Agata: 94 Points, Feb 11, 2011, Le Vigne Vertical Special Report
Full, deep red-ruby. Perfumed, nuanced nose offers pretty sour red cherry, raspberry and violet notes complicated by an intense spiciness that is textbook nebbiolo. Dense and sweet, but with lovely vinosity giving shape to the penetrating flavors of dark cherry, dried flowers and mint. Finishes bright and very long, with serious but smooth tannins and wonderful acid balance. A spicy, pure nebbiolo that shows just how good the best 2005 Barolos can be. Sandrone harvested the grapes for Le Vigne between October 1 and 15, which means that at least some of the grapes were picked after the October rains that spelled trouble for so many other producers in the area, but he has always maintained that his attentive, painstaking vineyard work allowed him to pick fully ripe grapes while avoiding rot.
Wine Spectator: 92 points. Issue Jul 31, 2009
Sweet blackberry and cherry aromas, with hints of flowers. Full-bodied, with a solid core of blackberry fruit and a long finish. Tight and chewy. Layered and pretty. Racy and fruity. Best after 2011.
AIS: 4 Grappoli. Ottobre 09
Poco sotto il celebre fratello maggiore, ma stesso stile e stesse fragranze: mora, cacao, praline di cioccolato, pesca,lampone, mentolo. Ottima freschezza e precisione che ritroviamo anche al gusto, superbo in eleganza e finezza con volume e tannini ben amalgamati. Malolattica e maturazione in tonneau.
Vini Buoni d'Italia: 3 Stelle
L'Espresso: 3 Bottiglie
Luca Maroni: 84 punti
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