2017 Barolo Pajana
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Riper and sunnier, the 2017 Barolo Ginestra Pajana offers baked aromas of red plum, balsamic, and leather. Full on the palate and broad with ripe tannins, it feels much more expansive in its fruit and style. It is still fresh but displays the warmth of the vintage. Drink 2023-2040.
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Fresh and ripe strawberries with cedar and dried flowers. Aromatic. Medium-bodied with tight, fine tannins and a long, linear finish. Fresh and fine. Drink in 2024 and onwards.
The 2017 Barolo Pajana shows harmony and a long, polished texture that builds pretty momentum on the palate and to the finish. The wine is seamless in a manner that Nebbiolo cannot achieve until it has had much more time to evolve and age in the bottle. However, this hot-vintage expression appears wiser than its years, showing a more accessible style that won't require years of cellaring. Only 5,500 bottles were produced.
The 2017 Barolo Pajana Ginestra has complex aromas of dried cranberry, cinnamon, anise, and fresh flowers. The palate has a seamless structure that is long and inviting, with cherry pit, tea leaf and dried apricot. The arch of the palate is elegant and rounded, approachable now with a decant or to drink 2022-2042.