2013 Barolo Pajana Clerico Structured and balanced with a

Structured and balanced with a creamy core of berries and hints of dark chocolate

as is usual

Inky in hue

yet conveyes great depth and buffered by chalk

2013 Barolo Pajana Clerico Structured and balanced with aParker 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