Costa Russi Gaja 1999

Costa Russi Gaja 1999

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Costa Russi Gaja 1999
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75 cl

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The classic `iron fist in a velvet glove` wine, Gaja Costa Russi is a single-vineyard Nebbiolo crafted by the pre-eminent Barbaresco family of Gaja. Costa Russi - or `red slope` - refers to the iron-rich clay vineyard slopes on which the vines are planted. "The 1999 Costa Russi, penetrating, intense, and spicy with notes of saddle leather and chocolate, is ripe, round, and fresh in flavour with the customary elegance and satin of tannins which have long distinguished it." Wine Advocate
94 Vinous
Smoke, tar, roses, incense are some of the nuances that emerge as the1999 Costa Russi unfurls in the glass. A blast of dark black fruit follows as this muscular wine opens up in the glass. Costa Russi is often a much softer wine, but in 2009 it is decidedly brooding and intense. Here, too, the aromas and flavors are still quite primary. Darker notes of smoke, scorched earth, French oak and tar are layered into the finish. I imagine the barrels might had higher toast in the late 1990s than they do today. There is so much to like here.Antonio Galloni1st August 2014

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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.

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