Barbaresco, Crichet Paje, 2006

Name: Barbaresco, Crichet Paje
Brand: Roagna
Price: 2530.76 GBP

Available Vintages

all 2006 2010 2012 2014

justerini & brooks tasting note

A special bottling from a half hectare plot at the top of the Paje vineyard. The wine spends eight years in large oak cask as opposed to five for the rest of Roagna’s range. Only 1,646 bottles of this were produced. Absolutely stunning. This has real wow-factor, heady but weightless, sublime in its depth and gravitas, superbly defined flavours of ripe bramble, sweet spice and tobacco with lighter rose scents. Lingering, complex and vivid flavours. Utterly compelling.

critic reviews

93/100Antonio Galloni,Vinous

The 2006 Barbaresco Crichët Pajé is one of the most open, accessible vintages of this wine I can remember tasting. But it's still Roagna, which means the wine is powerful and structured, but less so than is typically the case. Iron, smoke, incense, tobacco, autumn leaves and a host of ferrous, savory notes are some of the signatures. As is sometimes the case here, extended time in barrel has dried out the fruit a bit. This is a style that personally gives me less pleasure, although, as the saying goes, your mileage may vary.

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date of review 12/2015