2009 Produttori del Barbaresco Barbaresco Riserva Pajè

Community Tasting Notes (17) Avg Score: 91.5 points

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  11/30/2023 - talbot61 Likes this wine:

  Drink soon. This might just be an instance of bottle variation, but the wine was a lot more evolved than I would have expected. It's very tasty, but the tannins are fully resolved, the acidity is quite low, and the tertiary flavors are emerging.

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  11/4/2023 - markcic Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Opened an slow ox'd for almost 4 hours. We went with friends to a local BYOB where they decanted the bottle for us. Red fruit and flowers on the nose. The palate is cherry, plums, pipe tobacco and sweet spices. The finish is nice and long. Drank alongside a 2010 Capanna Riserva and this was the preferred wine of the evening. 93+

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  3/16/2021 - up4wine wrote:

  Excellent wine, as all of the 2009 Produttori Riserva have been.

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  6/15/2020 - up4wine wrote: 96 Points

  Likely the best Barbaresco I have ever had. 2009 is turning out to be a truly wonderful vintage for Barbaresco. The balance in the Paje is just superb with only soft, fine grained tannin on the finish. The palate is full of bright, lively fruit. Just a magnificent wine.

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  10/29/2019 - Motz wrote: 95 Points

  Tasted double blind. Intriguing color, somewhat opaque crimson with orange hues. Bouquet of all things cherry, strikingly so: cherry pie, candy, cough drops, cough syrup, potpourri, etc., with rhubarb, mint, and wintergreen undertones, and wafting hints of rose oils and orange marmalade. The bouquet strongly suggested Italy, possibly Barbaresco, based on the bouquet's prettiness), but the deep color, and paucity of roses and absence of tar notes told otherwise. Massive cherry on the attack to early middle, along with sweetened acerola, blood orange, and sweet herbs in complex layers. The wine also imparted an impression of warmth, indeed, sexy warmth, as in the early stages of an evening that sees lovers sitting on furs, surrounded by pillows, in front of a lit, wood burning fire place. Then, from the middle back, powerful tannins (powdery, gritty, and grainy), the sheer volume of which I have seen described as 'soul-destroying', although given my appreciation for (balanced) tannin, I conceptually disagree. Still...WOW!!!...that is a lot of tannin!!! The atypical dark color and unique bouquet aside, the tannin wall removed all doubt...called it 2009 Riserva Barbaresco.
  
  The wine also sports medium plus acid, which along with the tannin and the wine's deep substance, point to a long maturation curve. Likely to peak after 2035-2038.
  
  Among the most unique 2009 Barbarescos that I have tasted, perhaps only rivaled by Vietti's Masseria, and reminiscent of Massolino's same vintage Barolo Parafada. Recommend holding bottles for seven to ten years. 94-95.

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