Red

Pajè

By Roagna, Barbaresco, Piemonte, Italy

Roagna Pajè

The estate's Barbaresco from its historic Pajè vineyard in the heart of the village, with fewer than 7,000 bottles made per vintage.

Technical details

Style
Red
Denomination
Barbaresco DOCG
Grape
Nebbiolo
Cru / vineyard
Pajè
Production area
Municipality of Barbaresco, Pajè MGA, family-owned since 1953.
Soil
Calcareous marl with a high content of active limestone, especially in the Crichet Pajé plot; Tertiary (Cenozoic) marine sedimentation.
Exposure
South, south-west facing, at an average altitude of 230 m.
Vineyard planting
Nebbiolo (1.83 ha) with Dolcetto in the lower part; average vine age over 50 years.
Vinification
Each vineyard is picked once the grapes reach full physiological maturity, judged by the ripeness of the pips; harvest is by hand into small crates, and the fruit is given two manual selections before vinification. Fermentation runs about ten days in wooden vats with a pied de cuve of indigenous yeasts, followed by an ancient submerged-cap maceration of about 60 to 70 days, then roughly five years of ageing in neutral oak and concrete vats.

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