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Barbaresco Gaja 1996

HED7199 75cl 13.5%
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Gaja Barbaresco 1996 is a mature-vintage Nebbiolo red wine from the Barbaresco appellation of Piedmont, northern Italy. Gaja Barbaresco is a true icon of Italian wine and this is the flagship bottling of the pre-eminent Barbaresco estate. Although the Gaja family has been making wine for five generations, the architect of its modern-day success was Angelo Gaja, who took over the family business in 1970. Winemaking is now overseen by Angelo`s daughter, Gaia. On the 1996 Barbaresco. "Gaja`s 1996 Barbaresco is superb. Smoke, leather, tobacco, menthol and black cherries give the wine its distinctive dark, brooding personality. Bottle age has softened the burly tannins the 1996 had in its youth. With time in the glass, the 1996 starts to brighten a bit, but it remains tannic, austere and intense, which is to say very much in the style of the year. All things considered, the 1996 has aged impeccably. Powerful and also highly expressive, the Barbaresco is a terrific example of the year." Vinous, 2017
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The Gaja Winery was founded in 1859 by Giovanni Gaja and has been owned and operated by five generations of the Gaja family. One of Italy’s most renowned and dynamic wineries, Gaja first established its world-class reputation with the powerful reds it produced in the region of Piemonte in Northwestern Italy.

A key figure was Angelo Gaja, who took over the running of the estate in 1970 and sought to showcase the best that the Nebbiolo grape could produce with stellar Barolo and Barbaresco wines. The estate produces unique white wines too, such as the marvellous single varietal Sauvignon Blanc, Alteni di Brassica.

Gaja is also a leading name in Tuscany, having diversified into the production of Brunello and Super Tuscan wines. The Gaja family have owned the Pieve Santa Restituta estate since 1994 from which they produce two single-vineyard Brunello di Montalcino wines, Rennina and Sugarille. In 1996, Angelo Gaja purchased the Ca’Marcanda estate in Bolgheri.

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