Sottimano, Barbaresco Pajore, 2016 SO103025Guiddo and it's better with a

and it's better with a slight chill

The Saumagen is a limestone amphitheater in Kallstadt

yet elegant and food-friendly

where chalky limestone hillsides produce exceptional Chardonnay

specifically—layered into rum of aged complexity

Sottimano, Barbaresco Pajore, 2016 SO103025Guiddo and it's better with aExquisite Barbaresco from a producer we've been buying for our personal cellars since Giancarlo Sottimano's quality transformation beginning in the mid 2000s. This is Nebbiolo at its most refined: the 2016 Pajore from the poorest, most challenging soils near Treiso shows the kind of precision and layering that rewards cellaring. Over forty days of maceration followed by aging in barriques with minimal new wood bring out the wine's vivid florality and