Paitin Description

Wine Spectator: 94 Points

James Suckling: 92 Points

Decanter: 91 Points

• Paitin is one of the oldest wineries in Barbaresco, they consider 1796 their founding but their roots in the area date back even further
• They are known for their old vine parcel of Sori Paitin within the Serraboella cru - Serraboella is known as being one of the more structured crus in Barbaresco, like Montestefano or Albeisa
• They also produce an amazing value in their Langhe Nebbiolo Starda
• They have been a classic, traditional producer of Barbaresco for over their 200+ year history aside form a short flirtation with shorter macerations for a few vintages in the 1990's. The current vintages are superb examples of focused, elegant, traditional Barbaresco.

Paitin has a long running history stretching back to 1796 –a time in Italy when Napoleon Bonaparte is marching on Milan while here at home George Washington is passing the reins to John Adams, Jane Austen writes her first draft of Pride and Prejudice and Robert Burns composes Auld Lange Syne. Meanwhile these boys in Piedmont are busy focusing on wine growing.

In 1796 Benedetto Elia purchases the farmstead with its outlying wine cellar and vineyards from Luigi Pellissero and their story begins. Farther along Benedetto’s son Giuseppe extends the vineyards and acquires the underground cellar, dating back to XV century. As early as 1898 Paitin wines are exported and their Barbaresco del Sori Paitin, a wine we marvel to this day, was first produced in 1893.

Hundreds of years and many generations have unearthed a deep understanding and fine-tuned the family methods both in the vineyard and the winery –ultimately inspiring Secondo Pasquero-Elia to build a new cellar in 1965 and to gradually replant his vineyards to the best clonal selections particular to each and every parcel among their 42 acres under vine.

Today we still find Secondo Pasquero working in this cellar together with his sons Giovanni and Silvano. Since we first imported these directly to Minnesota eight years ago, Paitin has gone from strength to strength and for notable value.