Elio Sandri, Barolo Perno, 2019 SO040125 Trousselle The 2020 Armand Heitz Chambertin

The 2020 Armand Heitz Chambertin Grand Cru is a breathtaking expression of Pinot Noir from one of Burgundy’s most legendary vineyards

Drink it neat or over one big rock

reminiscent of a high-end Ribeira Sacra

and this back-vintage bottle now drinks with mellowed

and 2016 — universally considered one of the great Barbaresco vintages of the modern era — gave them a wine of extraordinary purity

Elio Sandri, Barolo Perno, 2019 SO040125 Trousselle The 2020 Armand Heitz ChambertinElio Sandri is one of Barolo's most coveted traditionalists, farming 7. 5 hectares at Cascina Disa in the Perno cru of Monforte d'Alba, where he lives and works on site. He makes wine the old way: cement fermentation, long aging in big Slavonian botti, no fining, no filtration, sulfur only at bottling. This is his straight Barolo Perno from the strong 2019 vintage, Nebbiolo at its truest, both exuberant and austere. With only a few thousand bottles