The late Luciano Sandrone was an iconic figure in Barolo, with an extraordinary story of determination. He started to learn viticulture at the age of 14, and purchased his first vineyard on the Cannubi hill in 1977. He made every vintage until 1999 at home, until the winery he constructed in 1998 was ready for use. Luciano had devoted every fiber of his being towards cultivating the finest Nebbiolo expressions from his sites in Barolo and the Roero, and transmitting these expressions through his wines.

The Sandrone estate is located in Barolo, in the heart of the Langa area. Today, the family works a total of 27 hectares spread between Langa and Roero. The slopes are hostile, the soil is rich in structure but poor in substance, and the sun is slower to set. Though the winery was never certified bio-organic due to fear of appearing inauthentic to customers, Sandrone wines have always used this type of cultivation. Each harvest is hand-picked, and maceration occurs in large-format oak. Around 30-50% of the fruit is fermented and only 8,000 cases are produced each year.

Along with the extremely low yields in the vineyard and an obsessive attention to training, pruning and harvesting, Sandrone has a very rational approach in the cellar. This approach, however, is also unique and outside of simple classification: Sandrone wines are subject to a medium-length maceration period, shorter than traditional, that makes limited use of new oak in the maturation process, which takes place in 500 liter tonneaux, all signs of a more traditional approach in the cellar.