The Story
A cult traditionalist Barolo from a celebrated vintage, now in a beautiful place. Giovanni Canonica works tiny in the heart of Barolo village, a few hectares only, with long submerged-cap macerations and patient aging in large neutral botti. Paiagallo is the single MGA, a south-facing amphitheater on calcareous marl on the hill directly above the village. The 2013 vintage was classical and structured across Barolo, and Canonica typically holds his releases back well beyond the appellation minimum, meaning this wine arrives with twelve-plus years of cellar age already behind it. It is now squarely in its prime drinking window, perfumed and silky on the outside, still firmly Nebbiolo-tannic underneath. A wine for traditionalists. Decant.
Description
A cult traditionalist Barolo from a celebrated vintage, now in a beautiful place. Giovanni Canonica works tiny in the heart of Barolo village, a few hectares only, with long submerged-cap macerations and patient aging in large neutral botti. Paiagallo is the single MGA, a south-facing amphitheater on calcareous marl on the hill directly above the village. The 2013 vintage was classical and structured across Barolo, and Canonica typically holds his releases back well beyond the appellation minimum, meaning this wine arrives with twelve-plus years of cellar age already behind it. It is now squarely in its prime drinking window, perfumed and silky on the outside, still firmly Nebbiolo-tannic underneath. A wine for traditionalists. Decant.
