# Pajè (Roagna)

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

- **Producer:** Roagna
- **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.
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-25



## Summary

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