Gaja, Barbaresco 2021
£230.00 per bottle
ABV 14%
Tasting Notes
A brightly jeweled ruby hue, the 2021 Barbaresco is super-expressive, with loads of wild raspberries that leap from the glass along with notes of strawberries, pressed roses, fresh orange, and violet. As it opens, it even picks up some spice box, cigar incense, and cherry notes. Crystalline in nature and ripe, this nextlevel red delivers ripe, sweet tannins, great tension, and fresh, vibrant acidity, without any austerity. A luxury racecar, it’s fantastic and possibly the wine of the year. Drink 2025-2055.
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Audrey Frick, JebDunnuck.com, May 2024
The aromas of licorice, minerals, light tar and dark berries such as raspberry are so attractive. It’s medium-bodied with a tight and integrated palate of fine tannins that are seamless and unseen. It’s long and lively. It needs two to four years to open up. Try after 2027.
95
James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com, September 2024
Food
Grilled and Roasted Red Meats
Grilled and Roasted White Meats
Pizza/Pasta
Casseroles/Stews
Mature Strong Cheeses
Well placed to complement game such as wild duck or pheasant
Region
The grapes come in from 14 vineyards situated in the municipality of Barbaresco. The land, at a height between 250 and 330 m above sea level, covers a surface of 21.4 hectares with the vines being on average 40 years old.
Producer
The Rivetto family has been established in the Piedmont region since 1902, and it remains very much a family concern to this day. The family own various vineyard sites around the historic town of Alba which are planted with the famous Nebbiolo grapes that make both classic and modern styles of Barolo.
