Paitin, Barbaresco Sori Paitin other_regions_australia This wine holds back

This wine holds back

but it does not feel as if it is going anywhere interesting

This is impressive

intense and focused big-bodied and overtly muscular flavors that are beautifully precise on the incredibly backward and austere finish

Brooding nose offers rich blackcurrant and black cherry scents complicated by sexy oak

Paitin, Barbaresco Sori Paitin other_regions_australia This wine holds backThe cherry and strawberry fruit is shaded by leather, tobacco and underbrush in this red. Though slightly austere at first, this turns more silky with air. Not especially long on the finish, but elegant nonetheless. Best from 2016 through 2024. 1,500 cases made. BS