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Barbaresco Pajore, Cantina Rizzi 2017

Tasting Notes

If Rizzi is primary and forward, Nervo is tense and coiled then Pajore is all about power, complexity and the long term. There is lots of black cherry fruit and creamy oak. The tannins are totally different to the other two wines - much more chalky and the wine is denser and more viscous. It is very complex and bodes very well for the future.

94
Farr Vintners, Farr Tasting, October 2019

Pale garnet. Classic nose, attractive with wild strawberry, tar and autumnal fruit. Tight and firm tannins with star anise, spiced earthy notes and crackling acidity. Looking nice and could turn into something rather special. 2022-2030

17+
Alistair Cooper MW, JancisRobinson.com, November 2019

The 2017 vintage of Pajoré from the Dellapiana family is another absolutely excellent Barbaresco in the making. Like the 2017 Nervo, this wine tips the scales at 14.5 percent and delivers a superb aromatic constellation of black cherries, gamebird, a touch of orange peel, woodsmoke, lovely soil tones, road tar, fennel seed, pretty spice tones, a touch of fresh oregano and a topnote of rose. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and impeccably balanced, with a superb core of fruit, excellent mineral drive and grip, ripe, well-integrated tannins and a long,
tangy, complex and seamlessly balanced finish. This is outstanding juice. 2035-2085+.

94
John Gilman, View From the Cellar (94), September 2021
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