The Paoloni Estate
- Paoloni is a family owned boutique production winery that sits on some of the best land on the northern side of the valley.
- Paolo lives at his vineyard site where he takes great pride in farming close to the earth, organic is just a starting point.
- All wines are made from his estate vineyards, which were planted in succession by Paolo Paoloni himself beginning in 1998. His vineyard sites are more sloped and rolling than most, as well as at a higher elevation than the majority of the valley. His higher elevation sites contain more granite in the soil which results in a higher minerality and less of the saline presence that some of the lower elevation vineyard sites in Valle de Guadalupe occasionally contain.
- Paolo's technique mirrors an old school Italian approach to wine making, which results in a wine with fresh minerality and complex wonderfully nuanced floral aromas.
Total production: 9 wines, 10,000 cases
2020 Nebbiolo - Paoloni
Tasting Notes and Drinking Window:
Always one of the reference Nebbiolo’s from Northern Baja, this is a full bodied wine that carries its size with elegance, thanks to the a well-defined structure articulated by a bright acidity that manages to keep it balanced despite its size. Always a pleasure, this vintage does not disappoint. It’s worth noting that Paoloni has started to release his bigger red wines with less and less bottle age; while this gives consumers a window into what these wines taste like earlier in their youth, many will find that they certainly do benefit from some time laying down and will really excel as they put on 5 years or more in the cellar.
500 cases made
Drinking Window: Upon release (with a small decant!) - 15 years
Vintage:
2020
Blend:
100% Nebbiolo
Producer:
Paoloni
Winemaker:
Paolo Paoloni - Italian born, now a Mexican citizen
Vineyards:
Valle de Guadalupe - Estate vineyards located approximately 10 miles from the Pacific on the northwest valley wall at an elevation of 1,200 ft. The vines were planted in 1998 and are direct rooted making them less vigorous and their fruit more concentrated. The soil of this undulating vineyard, which is the highest on the valley's northern wall is made up of decomposed granite (sandy) and red clay.
Winemaking:
Grapes were harvested by hand in the beginning of October and fermented during a period of 3 weeks in stainless steel tanks then racked off the lees and left to age in 1st use French oak barrels for a period of 15 months before bottling.
Sulfites: 29 ppm at bottling
Farming:
Sustainable
Alcohol:
14%
