Cascina Disa (Elio Sandri) - Langhe Nebbiolo 2023 (750ml)
Price: $69.99
| Producer | Cascina Disa (Elio Sandri) |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Piedmont |
| Varietal | Nebbiolo |
| Vintage | 2023 |
| Sku | 207475 |
| Size | 750ml |
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Cascina Disa (Elio Sandri) Description
Elio’s low-intervention approach in the vineyard borders on the extreme. Aside from cutting the grass a couple of times each year, he does nothing to his land, wishing to preserve the vineyard’s natural equilibrium (enhanced by dense patches of forest along the property’s upper edges) and prevent undesirable compacting of the soil. Perhaps unsurprisingly, he also farms organically, trusting the vines’ natural defenses to fight their battles without chemical reinforcements. The vineyard’s modest surface area and proximity to the winery allows him to harvest quickly and efficiently, ensuring that the fruit entering the winery is always in immaculate condition.
Sandri’s practices in the cellar are as unflashy as one would expect from such effortlessly traditional wines; such is their sense of seamless rightness that questions of how they were produced feel almost inconsequential. Spontaneous fermentations? Naturally. Everything from Dolcetto through Barolo Riserva ferments in cement vats and ages in enormous old Slavonian-oak botti—varietally labeled wines for one year, and Barolo for anywhere from 18 to 72 months depending on vintage character. (This is one area in which Elio exercises judicious creativity.) Nothing is ever racked, fining and filtration are dispensed with entirely, and sulfur is added only just before the moment of bottling. As always, the magic is in the lack of smoke and mirrors.
Vinous: 91-93 Points
The 2023 Langhe Nebbiolo is a super-potent wine that will rival (or surpass) wines from more prestigious appellations. Dark fruit, intensely balsamic overtones and huge tannins shape a serious Langhe Nebbiolo that delivers the goods.
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