# Sorì Paitin (Paitin)

> Red, Barbaresco DOCG by [Paitin](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/paitin.md), Barbaresco, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/paitin-sori-paitin).

- **Producer:** Paitin
- **Style:** Red
- **Denomination:** Barbaresco DOCG
- **Grape:** Nebbiolo 100%
- **Cru / vineyard:** Sorì Paitin
- **Production area:** Serraboella, Neive (CN) - Langhe
- **Soil:** Sand and marl stratification known as Formazioni di Lequio
- **Exposure:** South-West, 280-320 meters above sea level
- **Vineyard planting:** Guyot, planted 1953-1980
- **Vinification:** Destemmed and pressed, then ferments and macerates 3 to 6 weeks in stainless steel, finishing maceration with the traditional submerged-cap technique. At the end of winter the wine is moved to wood barrels where it stays around 1.5 to 2 years depending on structure. Barrels are 25-50 hectolitre Slavonian and Austrian oak, about 15 years old.
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-25



## Summary

Sorì Paitin is Paitin's flagship Barbaresco from the historic Sorì Paitin plot, the warmest slope of the Serraboella hill, owned by the Pasquero-Elia family since 1796 and first labelled as Barbaresco in 1893.

## Tasting notes

Producer's notes on recent vintages: the 2017 shows growing structure and complexity, reflecting a change of vineyard approach in response to global warming to preserve Nebbiolo's freshness and ageability; the 2016, one of the best vintages of the last twenty years, shows itself slowly and with grace.