Elio Sandri Brut Zero Punches above its weight

Punches above its weight

The wine is forward

There is enough wood and menthol on the black cherry

the 1999 has moved on from its primary stage

If present-day vintages develop only half as well readers will be in for a treat as those wines mature

Elio Sandri Brut Zero Punches above its weightThe 2015 Barolo Perno is the sort of wine you want to open and spend many hours with. Initially the tannins are searing, but over time the 2015 starts to come together. Scents of tobacco, cedar, dried cherry, mint and leather open gradually. On the palate, though, the wine is much less forthcoming. The 2015 is a Barolo of beguiling complexity and nuance that will give everything it has to offer on its own time schedule. Antonio Galloni