Sottimano Barbaresco Pajoré 2023 Grape_Nerello Mascalese but producers like Plantamura —

but producers like Plantamura — focused on elevation

Serve very cold

ground that gives the village's wines their characteristic finesse rather than power

Buttered pastry

tucked out of sight behind Chassagne-Montrachet and Puligny-Montrachet

Sottimano Barbaresco Pajoré 2023 Grape_Nerello Mascalese but producers like Plantamura —The Land Pajor is one of the most storied crus in Barbaresco, a south and southwest facing amphitheater in Treiso, the highest and coolest of the appellation's communes. Sottimano's parcels sit between roughly 230 and 300 meters on lean marl and limestone soils unusually rich in active limestone, the poorest and least fertile of the estate's holdings. That combination, cool air off the Treiso hills and stingy calcareous soil, is exactly why Pajor is