Domenico Clerico, Barolo Pajana Vintage:2016 this brilliant effort needs a

this brilliant effort needs a handful of years in the cellar and will live to see its 30th birthday in fine form

By contrast there is plenty of verve to the supple

it should be an enjoyable white Bordeaux to drink over the next 10-12 years

It was bottled in June 2017

Still incredibly young

Domenico Clerico, Barolo Pajana Vintage:2016 this brilliant effort needs aThe 2001 Barolo Pajana offers up freshly cut flowers, espresso, mint, leather, exotic spices and plums. The fruit still shows plenty of intensity and the tannins have softened, yet the Pajana remains a bit of a brute. There is enough fruit for the 2001 to drink well for another decade or so, but I don't see this ever being a truly elegant Barolo.