Paitin di Pasquero-Elia 'Sori Paitin' Barbaresco 2021
94 points Vinous Media
The 2021 Barbaresco Sorì Paitin is a complex, dynamic wine that captures this site's nuances. Scorched earth, spice, leather, tobacco, incense and dried herbs all soar out of the glass. There's a bit of youthful austere here, but that should not be an issue in a few years.
VINEYARD: Vines planted 1953-1980, Sourced from selection massale vines in the Sori Paitin section of the Serraboella cru in Neive facing south-southwest at 290 to 310 meters elevation.
SOIL: Sand and marl stratification called Formazioni di Lequio
VITICULTURE: Hand-harvested. Practicing organic. Practicing biodynamic.
WINEMAKING: Nebbiolo is all vinified with the same philosophy: subject to pressing and destemming then he ferments and macerate from 3 to 6 weeks in stainless steel, than it finishes the maceration with the ancient technique of the submerged cap.
AGING: At the end of the winter he is brought to the wood barrels where he stays around 1 year and a half or 2 years when his structure asks. Barrels volume vary between 25 to 50 hectoliters, made of Slavonian and Austrian oak with an age of 15 years
Description
94 points Vinous Media
The 2021 Barbaresco Sorì Paitin is a complex, dynamic wine that captures this site's nuances. Scorched earth, spice, leather, tobacco, incense and dried herbs all soar out of the glass. There's a bit of youthful austere here, but that should not be an issue in a few years.
VINEYARD: Vines planted 1953-1980, Sourced from selection massale vines in the Sori Paitin section of the Serraboella cru in Neive facing south-southwest at 290 to 310 meters elevation.
SOIL: Sand and marl stratification called Formazioni di Lequio
VITICULTURE: Hand-harvested. Practicing organic. Practicing biodynamic.
WINEMAKING: Nebbiolo is all vinified with the same philosophy: subject to pressing and destemming then he ferments and macerate from 3 to 6 weeks in stainless steel, than it finishes the maceration with the ancient technique of the submerged cap.
AGING: At the end of the winter he is brought to the wood barrels where he stays around 1 year and a half or 2 years when his structure asks. Barrels volume vary between 25 to 50 hectoliters, made of Slavonian and Austrian oak with an age of 15 years
