Barbaresco Gaja 1999

Barbaresco Gaja 1999

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  • Vinous rating 95
Barbaresco Gaja 1999
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HED92706

75 cl

13.5%
£360.00
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An acknowledged pioneer of fine Langhe wine, Gaja has earned a reputation for producing the most sought-after Nebbiolos in the Barbaresco appellation. Long macerations and, unusually for Barbaresco, the use of French oak barriques alongside the more usual large-format Italian botti, for ageing, yield Nebbiolo wines of rare elegance and complexity. The 1999 vintage is a silky, ever-evolving mille-feuille of flavour, withy rose petal and violets and a notable mineral tone to its blue and red fruits, combined with earth, baking spices and beautifully integrated oak toast.
95 Vinous
Gaja's 1999 Barbaresco is quite pretty. Freshly cut flowers, sweet red berries, licorice and dried herbs are some of the many nuances that are woven together in the glass. Soft, silky and impeccably perfumed, the 1999 impresses for its balance, poise and overall sense of harmony. The sensual feminity of Barbaresco comes through very nicely. Based on previous tastings, the magnum format has helped preserve a gorgeous sense of freshness, with only the faintest signs of tertiary notes present today. Hints of tobacco, earthiness and smoke add the final nuances of complexity. This is a fabulous showing for the Barbaresco.Antonio Galloni1st August 2014

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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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