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Giovanni Canonica, Barolo Paiagallo, 2021 (1.5L)

Red Wine from Piedmont, Italy
by Giovanni Canonica
$599.00
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The bottle that made Giovanni Canonica a cult, now in the format that suits it best. Paiagallo is his home cru, a warm slope just below the village of Barolo, and he works it the way his grandfather's generation would have: long macerations, big old Slavonian casks, minimal sulfur, no fining, no filtration. The result is Nebbiolo at its most transparent -- pale garnet, wildly perfumed, rose petal and sour cherry and tar over a firm but never hard tannic frame. 2021 was a classic Piedmont vintage, cool enough to hold the aromatics and structured enough to demand patience. Magnums age more slowly and more gracefully than standard bottles, which makes this a genuinely long-haul proposition, and a lot of fun to put on a table. Production is minuscule; magnums, more so.

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More about Giovanni Canonica

Hidden legend in Barolo, living in a small agriturismo above the village, making wine in cellars below. Started with 1.5 hectares in Paiagallo (vines on the hill above town), later inherited older vines in Grinzane Cavour with a rare rose clone of Nebbiolo. No herbicides, no pesticides, only tradition. Production is insanely limited.

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Nebbiolo

  • Vintage

    2021

  • Size

    1.5L

  • Farming Practice

    Traditional

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Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

A long lunch: brasato al Barolo, tajarin with truffle, roast game, aged Castelmagno.

Tasting Profile

Pale, perfumed and structured. Rose petal, sour cherry, tar and leather, firm fine tannins, long savory finish.

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