Domenico Clerico, Barolo Pajana Vintage:2016 with a very deep ruby

with a very deep ruby color

A really lovely expression of quite intense fruit - a little too intense to be truly elegant perhaps

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There is little doubt the 2001 is shaping up to be one of the most elegant Sorì San Lorenzos ever made

Domenico Clerico, Barolo Pajana Vintage:2016 with a very deep rubyThe 2001 Barolo Pajana offers up freshly cut flowers, espresso, mint, leather, exotic spices and plums. The fruit still shows plenty of intensity and the tannins have softened, yet the Pajana remains a bit of a brute. There is enough fruit for the 2001 to drink well for another decade or so, but I don't see this ever being a truly elegant Barolo.