Antinori Badia a Passignano Chianti Classico Gran Selezione
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Luciano Sandrone's Le Vigne blends Nebbiolo from five Barolo vineyards, Vignane, Merli, Baudana, Villero and Le Coste di Monforte, each made apart and joined only at the end. Tar, dried rose and black cherry over firm tannin. A Barolo to cellar.
Best price
£77.00
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Tasting Notes
What Sandrone's Le Vigne tastes like, young and with age
Le Vigne gives its greatest expression after years of patience, in the estate's own words, so read the young-wine notes as a forecast of what the tannin will become.
Tasted by
ItalianWines editorial
Tasted on
6 June 2026
Source
Drinker consensus · confidence Medium
Typical of Nebbiolo
BodyLight / Full
TanninsSmooth / Grippy
SweetnessDry / Sweet
AciditySoft / Crisp
Nose
Le Vigne is a five-vineyard blend. The nose reads like the Barolo zone in miniature. Dried rose and violet lift over tar, with warmed black cherry and a thread of anise and clove, clearest in the 2019. Sandrone's indigenous-yeast ferment and 500-litre French oak barrels leave a measured tobacco and sweet-spice frame rather than overt new wood. Across vintages, leather, tar and earth keep coming back.
Rose petal
Violet
Black cherry
Cherry
Plum
Tea
Tobacco
Tar
Leather
Oak
Liquorice
Palate
Firm, fine-grained Nebbiolo tannin drives a structured, savoury palate. Wine Advocate calls Baudana, the Serralunga d'Alba vineyard, the backbone of the wine, with Merli adding freshness. The bright acidity the 2019 vintage is known for braces the palate. Black cherry and plum sit against iron, earth and dried-herb savour. The warmer 2020 turns silkier and more open, with a smoky, spiced depth and notes of oolong tea. This is built around tannin and length, not upfront fruit.
Finish
Long and gripping, the tannins drawing out a finish of tar, dried rose and earth. The finish carries that compact austerity Wine Spectator noted in the young 2019. The 500-litre barrels and the 18 months in bottle before release both smooth the edges without softening the spine.
Overall
Le Vigne is Sandrone's blended Barolo. At UK shops it costs less than the single-vineyard Aleste and the rare Vite Talin. It is a cellar wine that gives its best after years of patience. Drinkers like it year after year, and critics sit around 95 points. The verdict is consistent: serious, age-worthy and rewarding once the tannins resolve. Buy it to keep, not to open young.
Live UK pricing
Where to buy Le Vigne in the UK, from £77 a bottle
Nine UK shops are tracked across ten vintages, from 1998 to 2021. The current 2020 and 2021 run £77 to £101.62 at xtrawine, Berry Bros. & Rudd, Millesima, Vinatis and 8wines. Corney & Barrow's 2018 works out at £68.86 a bottle, but only by the case of six at £413.15. Hedonism holds the 1998 at £225 and the 1999 at £190.
Best price · 75 cl · 2020£77.00at XtraWine
Price spread · 75cl · 2020
£77.00 - £105.88 Across 3 UK retailers with 75cl · 2020 in stock
Per-litre (75cl · 2020 basis)£102.67Lowest current 75cl · 2020 offer
Last checked25 Oct 2026Refreshed once every 24 hours
Other vintages and formats: 13 price lines
75cl · 1998:
£225.00,
1 UK retailer
75cl · 1999:
£190.00,
1 UK retailer
75cl · 2013:
£175.00,
1 UK retailer
75cl · 2015:
£110.00,
1 UK retailer
75cl · 2017:
£98.90,
1 UK retailer
75cl · 2018:
£90.00,
1 UK retailer
75cl · 2021:
£82.00 - £95.76,
2 UK retailers
75cl · 2022:
£98.10,
1 UK retailer
Case of 6 · 2009:
£144.00 per bottle,
1 UK retailer
Case of 6 · 2013:
£147.84 per bottle,
1 UK retailer
Case of 6 · 2018:
£68.86 per bottle,
1 UK retailer
Magnum 150cl · 2020:
£218.00,
1 UK retailer
Jeroboam 500cl · 2019:
£1,100.00,
1 UK retailer
Wine fit score
How Sandrone's Le Vigne scores: cellar, occasion and food first
Le Vigne scores highest for the cellar and for an occasion. It is a DOCG Barolo that Sandrone holds two years in cask and 18 months in bottle, with drinking windows out to 2045. It scores high with food too, on the tannin and acidity that braised beef and truffle pasta need.
Best for cellar9.2/10
Barolo DOCG must age 38 months before sale. Sandrone holds Le Vigne two years in 500-litre French oak and 18 months in bottle. The windows on this page run to 2040 for the 2018 and 2045 for the 2021. The 1998 and 1999 are still on sale in London.
Best for an occasion9.2/10
A DOCG Barolo from Luciano Sandrone, with two 97-point scores and a 97+ from Wine Advocate on the 2019. For a big table, Berry Bros. & Rudd sells the 2020 in magnum (£218).
Best with food8.8/10
High acidity and firm tannin make Barolo one of the best reds at the table: it cuts fat, grips braised meat and echoes truffle and game. Beef, lamb, pasta and game are the matches for Le Vigne.
Best value7.0/10
At £68.86 (Corney & Barrow's 2018, by the case of six) Le Vigne costs a little more than the middle of the 440 Barolos we track, £64. It costs far less than Sandrone's Aleste (from £100.23) or Vite Talin (£372) for 95 to 97 point scores.
Best intro to this style4.5/10
Tightly wound when young, high in tannin and acidity, and at its best after years of patience, in Sandrone's own words. A newcomer will enjoy it more decanted and with braised beef. The softer 2018 or 2020 is the easier place to start.
Best everyday bottle1.2/10
A £77 to £101.62 bottle that the producer says gives its greatest expression after years of patience is not a Tuesday wine. Open it for a slow Sunday braise, not a weeknight pasta.
Sandrone's own sheets give the alcohol for the 2009, 2013 and 2018 to 2021 vintages. Wine Spectator's Piedmont chart scores the years: 2013 at 96, 2019 at 97 and 2021 at 99 are the ones to hold, while 2018 and 2020 drink sooner. Le Coste di Monforte joined the blend in 2019, so the 2013 and 2018 on sale were blended from four plots, and the 2009 from a different four.
2022Current release
Best price
£98.10
Retailers
1 in stock
2021Previous release
Best price
£82.00
Retailers
2 in stock
ABV
14.5%
Window
Ready from 2028
to 2045
A structured, classic year that runs the 2019 close, with firm tannin and vivid Nebbiolo fruit. Critics rate Sandrone's 2021 Le Vigne around 96 points. As ever with Le Vigne, the 18 months of bottle ageing before release only opens the door; the wine wants further years in the cellar.
2020Previous release
Best price
£77.00
Retailers
4 in stock
ABV
14.5%
Window
Drink now
through 2040
A warm but balanced year, the most charming and approachable of the 2019 to 2021 trio, with silky, fine-grained tannin and lifted aromatics. Sandrone's 2020 Le Vigne shows dark macerated cherry, oolong tea and a smoky, spiced depth that stays elegant. Drinkable sooner than the 2019, yet built to hold.
2019Previous release
Best price
£1,100.00jeroboam
Retailers
1 in stock
ABV
14.5%
Window
Ready from 2027
to 2044
A classic, tannic Barolo year, with a delayed start and a mid-October harvest that built austere, age-worthy structure. Sandrone's 2019 Le Vigne is tightly wound on release; Wine Enthusiast scored it 96 and Wine Spectator 95, both flagging firm tannin over bright acidity. Give it cellar time.
2019Previous release
Best price
£1,100.00jeroboam
Retailers
1 in stock
ABV
14.5%
Window
Ready from 2027
to 2044
A classic, tannic Barolo year, with a delayed start and a mid-October harvest that built austere, age-worthy structure. Sandrone's 2019 Le Vigne is tightly wound on release; Wine Enthusiast scored it 96 and Wine Spectator 95, both flagging firm tannin over bright acidity. Give it cellar time.
2020Previous release
Best price
£77.00
Retailers
4 in stock
ABV
14.5%
Window
Drink now
through 2040
A warm but balanced year, the most charming and approachable of the 2019 to 2021 trio, with silky, fine-grained tannin and lifted aromatics. Sandrone's 2020 Le Vigne shows dark macerated cherry, oolong tea and a smoky, spiced depth that stays elegant. Drinkable sooner than the 2019, yet built to hold.
2021Previous release
Best price
£82.00
Retailers
2 in stock
ABV
14.5%
Window
Ready from 2028
to 2045
A structured, classic year that runs the 2019 close, with firm tannin and vivid Nebbiolo fruit. Critics rate Sandrone's 2021 Le Vigne around 96 points. As ever with Le Vigne, the 18 months of bottle ageing before release only opens the door; the wine wants further years in the cellar.
2022Current release
Best price
£98.10
Retailers
1 in stock
Drink-now / hold guidance reflects general style cues for this wine, not a forecast for a specific bottle. Where vintage-level editorial notes exist, they appear above.
The disciplinare, the place, the label
What sits behind a £77 bottle of Sandrone's Barolo
Barolo DOCG rules hold the wine 38 months before it can be sold, 18 of them in wood. Sandrone goes further with Le Vigne: two years in 500-litre French oak, a quarter of it new, then 18 months in bottle. Of xtrawine's £77 bottle of the 2020, about £16.16 is UK tax, £3.33 duty and £12.83 VAT.
01
DOC, DOCG, IGT: what the badges mean
Italian wine law sorts bottles into a pyramid. DOCG sits at the top: tightly drawn boundaries, prescribed grapes, mandatory ageing, government tasting before release. DOC is the same idea with looser thresholds. IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) is broader still, requiring only that 85% of the grapes come from the named territory.
Barolo is in the DOCG tier. That is not a quality verdict, it is a description of how much freedom the producer has at vinification and ageing.
02
The denomination rules, in detail
Allowed grapes. 1 varieties listed in the disciplinare
Yield ceiling. 8.0 tonnes per hectare
Minimum ABV. 13.0% vol
Minimum ageing. 38 months total (of which 18 in oak)
What sits behind the price of Barolo le Vigne - Sandrone
Tracked from
£77.00
Direction
Mostly cost up
Drivers
5 up / 1 down
Main factor
Five vineyards, each picked, fermented and aged apart, then blended
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Five vineyards, each picked, fermented and aged apart, then blended
Cost up
Sandrone farms 20 acres for Le Vigne across five Barolo villages, about eleven football pitches by the importer Vintus's figures. Every plot is kept apart until the final blend, so the cellar runs five small wines to make one.
02
Two years in 500-litre French oak, a quarter of it new, then 18 months in bottle
Cost up
The estate states 500-litre French oak and 18 months in bottle before release; the importer's sheet adds 24 months in cask with 25% new barrels. That is about three and a half years between harvest and sale, stock that sits unpaid in the cellar.
03
Scores of 93 to 98 from Wine Advocate, Wine Spectator, Wine Enthusiast, Vinous and James Suckling, 2018 to 2021
Cost up
The 2019 took 97 points twice and 98 from Kerin O'Keefe, and the 2021 98 from James Suckling. Scores like these are why old vintages hold their price: Hedonism asks £225 for the 1998 and £190 for the 1999.
04
Barolo DOCG rules: 38 months of ageing and a capped crop before a bottle can be sold
Cost up
The Barolo rules hold every bottle 38 months, 18 of them in wood. They also cap the crop at 8 tonnes of grapes a hectare, about a football pitch and a half of vines. Sandrone's 42 months in cask and bottle go past the minimum.
05
The blend, not the single vineyard: the most affordable of Sandrone's three Barolos
Cost down
At UK shops Le Vigne starts at £77 a bottle, or £68.86 by the case of six. The single-vineyard Aleste starts at £100.23 and the rare Vite Talin sells at £372. Blending plots is the older Barolo tradition, as the estate says, and the entry point to Sandrone's Barolos on price.
06
UK duty and VAT inside the price
Cost up
Of xtrawine's £77 bottle of the 2020 at 14.5% alcohol, about £16.16 is tax. Duty is £3.33, at £30.62 per litre of pure alcohol since 1 February 2026. VAT is £12.83, a sixth of the shelf price.
01
Five vineyards, each picked, fermented and aged apart, then blended
Cost up
Sandrone farms 20 acres for Le Vigne across five Barolo villages, about eleven football pitches by the importer Vintus's figures. Every plot is kept apart until the final blend, so the cellar runs five small wines to make one.
02
Two years in 500-litre French oak, a quarter of it new, then 18 months in bottle
Cost up
The estate states 500-litre French oak and 18 months in bottle before release; the importer's sheet adds 24 months in cask with 25% new barrels. That is about three and a half years between harvest and sale, stock that sits unpaid in the cellar.
03
Scores of 93 to 98 from Wine Advocate, Wine Spectator, Wine Enthusiast, Vinous and James Suckling, 2018 to 2021
Cost up
The 2019 took 97 points twice and 98 from Kerin O'Keefe, and the 2021 98 from James Suckling. Scores like these are why old vintages hold their price: Hedonism asks £225 for the 1998 and £190 for the 1999.
04
Barolo DOCG rules: 38 months of ageing and a capped crop before a bottle can be sold
Cost up
The Barolo rules hold every bottle 38 months, 18 of them in wood. They also cap the crop at 8 tonnes of grapes a hectare, about a football pitch and a half of vines. Sandrone's 42 months in cask and bottle go past the minimum.
05
The blend, not the single vineyard: the most affordable of Sandrone's three Barolos
Cost down
At UK shops Le Vigne starts at £77 a bottle, or £68.86 by the case of six. The single-vineyard Aleste starts at £100.23 and the rare Vite Talin sells at £372. Blending plots is the older Barolo tradition, as the estate says, and the entry point to Sandrone's Barolos on price.
06
UK duty and VAT inside the price
Cost up
Of xtrawine's £77 bottle of the 2020 at 14.5% alcohol, about £16.16 is tax. Duty is £3.33, at £30.62 per litre of pure alcohol since 1 February 2026. VAT is £12.83, a sixth of the shelf price.
Barolo tannin and acidity: the dishes that fit Le Vigne
Beef, lamb, pasta and game are the matches for Le Vigne. The reason is structure: firm tannin that softens against protein and fat, and acidity that cuts through butter and cheese. Brasato al Barolo and tajarin with truffle are the Piedmont matches; a Sunday roast is the British one.
Tannin softeningStrong match
Slow-braised beef, the Piedmont way
Long braising turns beef soft and sticky, and Barolo's firm tannin grips that softened protein, so the wine feels smoother and the meat richer. Wine Spectator found a strong grip on the finish of Sandrone's 2019, which is exactly what a braise wants. Brasato al Barolo is the home match: beef cooked in the wine itself.
Try with: Brasato al Barolo · Ossobuco alla Milanese · Bollito dei Pastori · Beef stew · More pairings →
Aromatic bridgeStrong match
Truffle and mushroom pasta and risotto
Truffle and porcini share the earthy, leathery side of this wine, its most persistent note. The plate and the glass echo each other, and the wine's acidity stops butter and cheese from sitting heavy. Tajarin with truffle is the Alba classic.
Try with: Tajarin al Tartufo · Truffle risotto · Porcini mushroom risotto · Agnolotti del Plin · More pairings →
Body matchingGood match
Roast beef, game and Sunday lunch
A full-bodied Barolo needs food with the same weight, and a roast or a game stew has it. The savoury side of Le Vigne, iron, earth and underbrush in Wine Spectator's words on the 2019, sits with roast juices and gravy instead of fighting them.
Fat and char coat the mouth, and Barolo's high acidity and tannin cut through and reset it between bites. Sandrone describes the tannin of the 2018 as ripe, open and silky, and fat is what makes it read that way. A rare ribeye or a rack of lamb gives the wine something to push against.
Try with: Fiorentina steak · Ribeye steak · Rack of lamb · Lamb shank · More pairings →
Salt balanceGood match
Hard, aged cheese
Salt in aged cheese softens tannin and makes the fruit taste sweeter, which is why a hard cheese board is the easiest match for a young Barolo. Fonduta, Piedmont's melted Fontina, is the local pairing, and a strong cheddar works the same way.
Chilli makes tannin taste harsher and 14.5% alcohol burn hotter, so a madras or a hot Sichuan dish fights this wine. Sweet sauces strip the fruit and leave only the grip. Raw fish and oysters turn metallic against a tannic red.
Skip with: Chicken madras · Sweet and sour pork · Sashimi · Oysters · Pairing guide →
Drinking + cellar
Cellaring Le Vigne: drinking windows and the old vintages still on sale
The drinking windows on this page run 2025 to 2040 for the 2018, 2026 to 2040 for the 2020 and 2028 to 2045 for the 2021. Hedonism still has the 1998 and 1999, and Corney & Barrow the 2009 and 2013 by the case of six. Berry Bros. & Rudd sells the 2020 in magnum and the 2019 in 5-litre for long keeping.
Decanting
1 hour
A short splash decant softens the first-pour edge and opens the aromatics.
Serving temperature
16-18°C
Aim for the cooler end on a warm day; warmer end opens up more aromatics.
Cellar potential
High
Barolo DOCG must age 38 months before sale. Sandrone holds Le Vigne two years in 500-litre French oak and 18 months in bottle. The windows on this page run to 2040 for the 2018 and 2045 for the 2021. The 1998 and 1999 are still on sale in London.
Buy now or wait?
Buy now
£77.00 for a 75cl bottle of the 2020, at XtraWine, is the best price we track, and we have no signal of further discounting.
Sources & trust
Sources behind this Sandrone Le Vigne page
Prices & stock
Read directly from each retailer’s public product page once a day.
Last refresh: 25 Oct 2026, 03:06 BST.
We do not hold stock and we do not accept payment for placement.
Confidence · High
Tasting notes
Drawn from what drinkers consistently report on Vivino, summarised in our own words. A crowd read across many tasters, not a single critic. Drinkers score it 4.3 out of 5 from 6,969 ratings on Vivino.
Confidence · Medium
Appellation rules & ageing
From the official Italian disciplinare for this denomination, cross-checked against the Ministry of Agriculture register.
Confidence · High
Why it costs what it costs
Our reading of the price, drawn from the disciplinare, public UK duty rates, and typical landed-cost benchmarks. Not a quote from the producer or a retailer.
Confidence · Medium
Drink window & cellar potential
Style guidance for this kind of wine at this price point. Treat it as advice, not a forecast for the bottle in your hand.
Confidence · Medium
Related
Sandrone, Barolo DOCG and Nebbiolo: the pages linked to Le Vigne
A top-tier Barolo from Luciano Sandrone, made from 100% Nebbiolo assembled across several Barolo vineyards rather than a single cru, for a complete expression of the appellation.
Classic Nebbiolo of rose, tar, red cherry and dried herbs over firm tannin and high acidity, with a long savoury finish; structured but perfumed at 14.5% ABV.
Barolo of this level drinks well from about five years after the vintage and can hold fifteen to twenty years or more. Decant young bottles an hour or two ahead.
Rich, savoury dishes: brasato al Barolo, braised beef, mushroom or truffle risotto, game and aged hard cheese.
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