Faint memories of the wine that night but remember I didn’t like it too much. Smell pretty wild and didn’t have the nose that I associate with Nebbiolo. Need to taste again.
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Wines from regions starting with B: Much lighter, prettier red fruit than I expected of Gaja - I thought it would be dominated by oak and dark fruit. Quite Burgundian and surprisingly ready for a 2013 Barolo, very good.
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Gaja Tasting (Knightsbridge): Retailer tasting. Lovely perfume-elegant florals and orange rind along with red berry fruit. Very bright. Firm tannin. Cherry and red berry fruit, with spice accents on the finish. Excellent, just incredibly young.
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Gaja White Truffle Dinner (Osteria Langhe - Chicago IL): The toughest wine to appreciate tonight. So much here, but the aromas and flavors seem huge but out of sync, and little comes across as harmonious. But clearly so much great material here, telling us to leave it alone for another decade.
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Coravin 150ml glass over lunch at FT Capitol. Appearance is clear, pale intensity, ruby colour. Legs. Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, initially soaring but does calm down with more air. Aromas of floral roses, sweet tar earth, sweet spices, light toast, ripe red cherries, dark red cherries, hint of balsamic and blood iron meat with air. Developing. On the palate, dry, juicy high acidity, medium+ alcohol (14.5%), fine silky high tannins, deceptively full body coulld pass off as medium+. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of glossy dark red cherries, ripe red cherries, sour red cherries, red pomegranates and plums, sweet spices, tarry earth, iron minerality. Long finish. Outstanding quality. I thought Gaja would be too modern for my liking, but this is really good and if blinded I would not have guessed Gaja! So damm accessible already. Just another 4+ years and it should be even more rewarding. DOCG Barolo now. 100% Nebbiolo fruit from the Cerequio cru in the commune of La Morra.
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11/12/2023 - wineton.mee wrote:
Faint memories of the wine that night but remember I didn’t like it too much. Smell pretty wild and didn’t have the nose that I associate with Nebbiolo. Need to taste again.
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11/10/2023 - melvinyeowq wrote: 93 Points
Wines from regions starting with B: Much lighter, prettier red fruit than I expected of Gaja - I thought it would be dominated by oak and dark fruit. Quite Burgundian and surprisingly ready for a 2013 Barolo, very good.
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10/20/2021 - Wino Bob Does not like this wine:
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12/7/2019 - AllRed wrote:
Gaja Tasting (Knightsbridge): Retailer tasting. Lovely perfume-elegant florals and orange rind along with red berry fruit. Very bright. Firm tannin. Cherry and red berry fruit, with spice accents on the finish. Excellent, just incredibly young.
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12/4/2019 - Burgundy Al wrote:
Gaja White Truffle Dinner (Osteria Langhe - Chicago IL): The toughest wine to appreciate tonight. So much here, but the aromas and flavors seem huge but out of sync, and little comes across as harmonious. But clearly so much great material here, telling us to leave it alone for another decade.
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1/3/2019 - Derek Darth Taster Likes this wine: 95 Points
Coravin 150ml glass over lunch at FT Capitol.
Appearance is clear, pale intensity, ruby colour. Legs.
Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, initially soaring but does calm down with more air. Aromas of floral roses, sweet tar earth, sweet spices, light toast, ripe red cherries, dark red cherries, hint of balsamic and blood iron meat with air. Developing.
On the palate, dry, juicy high acidity, medium+ alcohol (14.5%), fine silky high tannins, deceptively full body coulld pass off as medium+. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of glossy dark red cherries, ripe red cherries, sour red cherries, red pomegranates and plums, sweet spices, tarry earth, iron minerality. Long finish.
Outstanding quality. I thought Gaja would be too modern for my liking, but this is really good and if blinded I would not have guessed Gaja!
So damm accessible already. Just another 4+ years and it should be even more rewarding.
DOCG Barolo now. 100% Nebbiolo fruit from the Cerequio cru in the commune of La Morra.
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