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GAJA
The Gaja family settled in the Piedmont region in northwest Italy in the mid-seventeenth century. Four generations of Gajas have been producing wines in Piedmont's Langhe hills since 1859, the year Giovanni Gaja, a local grape grower, established the Gaja winery in Barbaresco. Over the years, the Gajas acquired some of the finest vineyards in the Langhe. Today, The Gaja winery owns 250 acres of vineyards in the Barbaresco district (Barbaresco and Treiso villages) and the Barolo district (Serralunga d'Alba and La Morra villages).
The Langhe hills, with their steep slopes of calcareous clay, are home to the Nebbiolo grape and its long-lived wines of exceptional character. For decades, classic Barbaresco and Barolo were made from Nebbiolo grapes from several vineyards. Gaja was among the first wineries to vinify Nebbiolo grapes from individual vineyards separately beginning with Sor San Lorenzo in 1967.
In addition to its flagship Gaja Barbaresco D.O.C.G., the Gaja winery produces five single-vineyard Nebbiolo based wines: Sor San Lorenzo, Sor Tildn, Costa Russi from the Barbaresco district; Sperss and Conteisa from the Barolo district. Gaja single-vineyard wines carried the Barbaresco or Barolo appellations through 1995. Beginning with the 1996 vintage, all of Gaja's single-vineyard wines have been labled Langhe Nebbiolo D.O.C. The move to change the denomination of arguably some of Piedmont's most famous wines was controversial to say the least. These wines had attained a world wide reputation yet Angelo felt they undermined the prestige of his traditional Barbaresco D.O.C.G. wine. In Angelo's words the original Barbaresco is "by far my most important wine."
Barbaresco--Vintage 1996
Piedmont, Gaja
In original wooden case
"The 1996 Barbaresco exhibits a dense ruby color as well as a forward nose of cherry liqueur, earth, truffle, mineral, and spicy scents. Rich, full-bodied, and seductive, with its moderate tannin largely concealed by the wine's wealth of fruit and extract, this gorgeously pure offering gets my nod as the finest Barbaresco produced by Gaja since 1990. Anticipated maturity: 2002-2016." Robert Parker, Wine Advocate #130 (Aug 2000)
1 dozen bottles per lot
The Gaja family settled in the Piedmont region in northwest Italy in the mid-seventeenth century. Four generations of Gajas have been producing wines in Piedmont's Langhe hills since 1859, the year Giovanni Gaja, a local grape grower, established the Gaja winery in Barbaresco. Over the years, the Gajas acquired some of the finest vineyards in the Langhe. Today, The Gaja winery owns 250 acres of vineyards in the Barbaresco district (Barbaresco and Treiso villages) and the Barolo district (Serralunga d'Alba and La Morra villages).
The Langhe hills, with their steep slopes of calcareous clay, are home to the Nebbiolo grape and its long-lived wines of exceptional character. For decades, classic Barbaresco and Barolo were made from Nebbiolo grapes from several vineyards. Gaja was among the first wineries to vinify Nebbiolo grapes from individual vineyards separately beginning with Sor San Lorenzo in 1967.
In addition to its flagship Gaja Barbaresco D.O.C.G., the Gaja winery produces five single-vineyard Nebbiolo based wines: Sor San Lorenzo, Sor Tildn, Costa Russi from the Barbaresco district; Sperss and Conteisa from the Barolo district. Gaja single-vineyard wines carried the Barbaresco or Barolo appellations through 1995. Beginning with the 1996 vintage, all of Gaja's single-vineyard wines have been labled Langhe Nebbiolo D.O.C. The move to change the denomination of arguably some of Piedmont's most famous wines was controversial to say the least. These wines had attained a world wide reputation yet Angelo felt they undermined the prestige of his traditional Barbaresco D.O.C.G. wine. In Angelo's words the original Barbaresco is "by far my most important wine."
Barbaresco--Vintage 1996
Piedmont, Gaja
In original wooden case
"The 1996 Barbaresco exhibits a dense ruby color as well as a forward nose of cherry liqueur, earth, truffle, mineral, and spicy scents. Rich, full-bodied, and seductive, with its moderate tannin largely concealed by the wine's wealth of fruit and extract, this gorgeously pure offering gets my nod as the finest Barbaresco produced by Gaja since 1990. Anticipated maturity: 2002-2016." Robert Parker, Wine Advocate #130 (Aug 2000)
1 dozen bottles per lot