Luciano Sandrone

Luciano Sandrone is one of the few producers in the region who does not descend from generations of wine growers and winemakers, he just wanted to make wine. After graduating from agricultural college in the early 1970s and gaining work experience from various top estates in the region, he began acquiring vineyards in the mid 1970s and vinified his first grapes in 1978. In 1981, he brought the 1,500 bottles of his first Barolo, from the 1978 vintage, to Vinitaly, where an American broker bought all of them. 

Not encumbered by history, Luciano mixes up modern and traditional approaches to winemaking, while also making both a blended Barolo (Le Vigne) and a single vineyard bottling (Cannubi Boschis) of Barolo. The wines are aged in 500 liter French tonneaux with only a small proportion of new wood included. ‘Barolo Le Vigne’ is blended from vineyards across the region, whereas the flagship wine ‘Barolo Aleste’ is made from fruit from the Cannubi Boschis single vineyard, but had its name changed in 2013 to ‘ALESTE’, which is the combination of the names of Luciano’s grandchildren (ALEsia and STEfano). 

Sadly, Luciano passed away in January 2023 after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 76 and a great loss.

We offer the following Barolo wines from Luciano Sandrone

• Luciano Sandrone Barolo ‘Aleste’ (Cannubi Boschis)
• Luciano Sandrone Barolo ‘Le Vigne’