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, 7,000 cases
2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot - Paoloni
Tasting Notes and Drinking Window:
A medium bodied refreshing red that leads with the quality of its fruit and sees only neutral French oak in its aging process, the 2021 Cab Merlot blend from Paoloni is right on par with previous offerings. The signature Paoloni traits are all here in spades: balance, soft tannins, bright fruit, layered and structured finish. Paolo Paoloni is one of the wineries in Baja that has always been dedicated to using estate grown fruit and never buys or sells anything in any vintage.
2,000 cases made
Drinking window: Upon release - 8 years
Vintage:
2021
Blend:
70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot
Producer:
Paoloni
Winemaker:
Paolo Paoloni
Vineyards:
Valle de Guadalupe - Estate vineyards located approximately 10 miles from the Pacific on the northwest valley wall at an elevation of 1,000 ft. 20+ year old vines that are direct rooted which makes them less vigorous and their fruit more concentrated. Soil is decomposed granite and red clay.
Winemaking:
Fermented in stainless steel tanks over a period of 3 weeks then racked into 2,500 liter neutral French oak foudres and aged for 18 months.
Sulfites: 35 ppm
Farming:
Sustainable
Alcohol:
13.5%
