Barolo Pajagallo, 2021

A Barolo from one man's vineyard on the hill above the village, the only bottling of that site - pale, perfumed and silky rather than heavy.

Gianni Canonica makes his Barolo in the cellar under his family's guesthouse in Barolo village, from 1.5 hectares on the hill right above it. Nobody else bottles this vineyard on its own. It pours light garnet, smells of wild rose and cherry with a forest-floor edge, and drinks juicy and bright, with tannins that grip gently rather than clamp down.