black currants and fine tannins

Fresh and transparent at the end

Fleshy and fruity on the palate

STELLENBOSCH WINE REGION

Suckling 99 points: This dry riesling has gigantic concentration

2013 Barolo Pajana Clerico black currants and fine tanninsParker 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