With fruit from a celebrated site in the village of Neive with its rolling hills and wide panoramas, this is a lean and shiny ruby-colored wine. The Paitin 2020 Barbaresco Serraboella is ethereal and luminous in appearance; however, the aromas offer strength and a bold character. There is bright berry fruit, but the bigger takeaways are savory nuances of licorice, iris root and even an exotic note of teakwood or mahogany. This is an impeccably elegant wine with 10,000 bottles made. It stands out in this flight.
95 points, Monica Larner, Wine Advocate (Aug 2023)
The bright ruby 2020 Barbaresco Serraboella is from a cooler side of Serraboella and shows the fresh and floral side of the vintage, with a nice element of spice on the nose and notes of blood orange, fresh cranberries, spices, and cinnamon. It has good balance and a more harmonious feel all the way through, with ripe tannins, mouthwatering freshness, and a delicate saline touch. Very well styled, it’s one of my favorites of these wines from Paitin. Drink it over the next 15 years.
94 points, Audrey Frick, Jeb Dunnuck (May 2024)
Deep and aromatic on the nose with ripe cherries, ground spices, aged citrus peel and moist bark. Full with a dense and compact tannin structure, yet very fine, almost silky, with impressive energy. Dynamic. Solid and focused. Really well made. Better from 2026.
94 points, James Suckling (Jul 2023)
A firmly structured red, with prevailing graphite, rose petal and eucalyptus flavors shaded by earth and tobacco. A bit burly now, with a muscular structure that bodes well for future development. Best from 2027 through 2043. 833 cases made.
93 points, Bruce Sanderson, Wine Spectator (Feb 2024)