Sottimano, Barbaresco Pajore, 2016 SO103025Guiddo The Saumagen is a limestone

The Saumagen is a limestone amphitheater in Kallstadt

golden apples

For context

and it's better with a slight chill

The nose is bright with fresh lemon

Sottimano, Barbaresco Pajore, 2016 SO103025Guiddo The Saumagen is a limestoneExquisite Barbaresco from a producer we've been buying for our personal cellars since Giancarlo Sottimano's quality transformation beginning in the mid 2000s. This is Nebbiolo at its most refined: the 2016 Pajore from the poorest, most challenging soils near Treiso shows the kind of precision and layering that rewards cellaring. Over forty days of maceration followed by aging in barriques with minimal new wood bring out the wine's vivid florality and