Roagna Barbaresco Crichët Pajé: 2001-2014
BY ANTONIO GALLONI |
The room is buzzing with energy as our Crichët Pajé is about to kick off. It’s one of the things I love most about our events: the enthusiasm, passion and deep knowledge guests bring to these lunches and dinners. The 60th floor at Manhatta is especially evocative on this morning. A thick blanket of fog weaves throughout the New York City skyline as if we had arranged for the most perfect Barbaresco meets New York views imaginable. We aren’t that good.
The Brooklyn skyline as seen from the 60th floor at Manhatta, in the heart of New York City's financial district.
The 2024 edition of Festa del Barolo got off to a fabulous
start with this vertical of Roagna’s Barbaresco Crichët Pajé spanning vintages from
2001 through 2014. Before you ask, one of our goals in recent years has been to
expand Festa del Barolo without changing its essential values as a small,
intimate event. As part of that evolution, we have gradually started to add
tastings that feature Nebbiolos from other regions.
This tasting included all the vintages Luca Roagna has made since taking over the family estate in 2001. Because of tiny production, some vintages were served from magnum (indicated with a *) while others were served from bottle. It was a truly special lunch. In fact, Luca Roagna had never tasted all these vintages at the same time.
The room is buzzing with energy as our Crichët Pajé is about to kick off. It’s one of the things I love most about our events: the enthusiasm, passion and deep knowledge guests bring to these lunches and dinners. The 60th floor at Manhatta is especially evocative on this morning. A thick blanket of fog weaves throughout the New York City skyline as if we had arranged for the most perfect Barbaresco meets New York views imaginable. We aren’t that good.
