Lot 400
GAJA BARBARESCO COSTA RUSSI 2010 (1) WA 95
GAJA LANGHE NEBBIOLO SORÌ TILDÌN 2010 (1) WA 96+
Lot 400 Details
GAJA BARBARESCO COSTA RUSSI 2010 (1)
Piedmont.
u. 1 cm.
The 2010 Costa Russi is a vineyard-designate “Barbaresco” (although the wine’s addition of five percent Barbera prohibits it from being called such) that opens to even more profound depth and generosity. As is typical of this cru expression, the wine displays an amazing assortment of aromas that span from the floral to the spicy. Supple, round and seductive, it caresses the palate in the most beautiful fashion. The 2010 vintage is shaping up handsomely for those who collect Gaja’s best bottles. Anticipated maturity: 2018-2035. June 2013 WA 95
GAJA LANGHE NEBBIOLO SORÌ TILDÌN 2010 (1)
Piedmont.
u. 1 cm.
Gaia Gaja uses the word “salty” to describe this next wine, and I see her point. The 2010 Sori Tildin shows a dry, firmly structured quality that enhances those extraordinary, breezy overtones of lead pencil and brimstone that so fittingly frame the Nebbiolo grape. The lingering end-notes of rose petal, ginger and cedar are striking. You immediately feel the tannic structure and power of the wine. The jump is very sharp next to the Costa Russi, and that’s why this is one of Gaja’s best cellar-agers. Anticipated maturity: 2018-2040. June 2013 WA 96+