Sottimano Barbaresco Pajoré 2023 Grape_Nerello Mascalese unforced finish

unforced finish

Expect white peach

Serve very cold

not a quick weeknight pour

Ménétréol and Thauvenay

Sottimano Barbaresco Pajoré 2023 Grape_Nerello Mascalese unforced finishThe Land Pajor is one of the most storied crus in Barbaresco, a south and southwest facing amphitheater in Treiso, the highest and coolest of the appellation's communes. Sottimano's parcels sit between roughly 230 and 300 meters on lean marl and limestone soils unusually rich in active limestone, the poorest and least fertile of the estate's holdings. That combination, cool air off the Treiso hills and stingy calcareous soil, is exactly why Pajor is