2013 Barolo Pajana Clerico single-vineyard expression (made with 29

single-vineyard expression (made with 29

yet conveyes great depth and buffered by chalk

savory complexity

Soil: pebble-rich alluvium

as is usual

2013 Barolo Pajana Clerico single-vineyard expression (made with 29Parker Larner 95 points: Pajana represents the lower end of the same site that produces fruit for the Barolo Ciabot Mentin. The soils are a bit looser here and the temperatures are just a few fractions higher at this site. Winemaking for the 2013 Barolo Pajana sees 20 days of skin maceration, and malolactic fermentation in this vintage was done in oak (otherwise that second fermentation occurs in stainless steel). The idea, of course, is to work