Domenico Clerico, Barolo Pajana Vintage:2016 Pol Roger's 2012 Brut Blanc

Pol Roger's 2012 Brut Blanc de Blancs is terrific

A really lovely expression of quite intense fruit - a little too intense to be truly elegant perhaps

dead-fruit flavors and bright acidity on the finish

the wine is fresh

Domenico Clerico, Barolo Pajana Vintage:2016 Pol Roger's 2012 Brut BlancThe 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.