Barbaresco, Paje, Vecchie Viti, 2010
Floral, tense yet generous and elegant. Pliable, measured and alluring with lots of ripe fruit, a gentle hint of flesh and puppy fat offset by great freshness of fruit. Pitch-perfect flavours of cool, crisp summer and forest berries with notes of Victoria plum. Finely scented and classy right the way through to the haunting finish. The Paje vineyard is an ampitheatre in the centre of the Barbaresco commune facing south west and planted on limestone soils, sitting just below Rabaja.
critic reviews
A rich, heady wine, the 2010 Barbaresco Pajé Vecchie Viti is arguably the most complex and nuanced of Luca Roagna's 2010 Barbarescos, as the balance of fruit, acidity and tannin is magnificent. Deep, pliant and beautifully structured in the glass, the 2010 impresses with its superb harmony. Sweet red stone fruits, chalk, iron, mint and wild flowers are laced into the incisive, tannic finish. This super-classic, old-vine Nebbiolo is the epitome of the 'iron fist in a velvet glove' that is often invoked to describe Barolo and Barbaresco. Patience is key.