Paitin, Barbaresco (Piedmont, Italy) 2018

 Sorì Paitin is a flagship wine, grown on Paitin’s warmest slopes in their Serraboella MGA (or “cru”) vineyard.  This wine exudes quality, and that is no surprise as the wine has been continually made for over a century, starting with their first vintage in 1893.  Sour cherry, leather, cranberry, rose petals, hints of red licorice, and burnt citrus skins all dance through the body of this richly complex and balanced Barbaresco.  And yet, the wine is still tight, even after an hour of decanting and significant amounts of air from decanting.  2018 was an excellent vintage in Barbaresco and, coupled with Sorì Paitin’s complexity and balance, this wine will improve with further bottle aging.