Elio Sandri 2023 Barbera d'Alba Superiore DOC

Barbera finds a particularly appealing expression at Sandri, as Elio’s restrained touch tempers its occasional tendency toward high-octane opulence while fully harnessing the red-fruited exuberance the variety at its best so satisfyingly embodies. From plantings on hillsides of Cascina Disa less favorably exposed for Nebbiolo, the Barbera d’Alba Superiore spends 12 months aging in large Slavonian botti after a natural fermentation in cement, with neither fining nor filtration employed, and a modicum of sulfur added only at the moment of bottling.