Sottimano, Barbaresco Pajore, 2016 SO103025Guiddo The Saumagen is a limestone

The Saumagen is a limestone amphitheater in Kallstadt

and it's better with a slight chill

yet elegant and food-friendly

Michel Couvreur’s "The Unique" is a masterful expression of blended whisky that balances depth with elegance

85% Chardonnay and 15% Pinot Noir fermented in upright wooden tank and 225L barrels

Sottimano, Barbaresco Pajore, 2016 SO103025Guiddo The Saumagen is a limestoneExquisite Barbaresco from a producer we've been buying for our personal cellars since Giancarlo Sottimano's quality transformation beginning in the mid 2000s. This is Nebbiolo at its most refined: the 2016 Pajore from the poorest, most challenging soils near Treiso shows the kind of precision and layering that rewards cellaring. Over forty days of maceration followed by aging in barriques with minimal new wood bring out the wine's vivid florality and