1997 Gaja Langhe Darmagi

Community Tasting Notes (22) Avg Score: 93.2 points

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  9/14/2018 - Raizes Does not like this wine: 90 Points

  很多的泥土和烟熏气，黑色水果的香气闻起来尚算丰富，但入口后明显不足，所以整款酒尝起来有些干瘪平板。酸度、单宁、回味的品质都没有问题，只是有种野心过大而缺乏有效支撑的感觉。
  
  这款酒一直都不是我的菜，加上当日醒酒时间不足，喝起来的愉悦度颇有欠缺。后来特意去查了一下各家酒评人给出的适饮期参考，大部分的预期都未超过2019年，到今年应该说是已到巅峰之末。但是有意思的是，这款酒喝起来其实并无老态，只是陈年发展跟不上酿造初衷而已……

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  8/15/2018 - sunnylea57 Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Gorgeous. Cab Sauv that couldn't have come from anywhere but Italy - taut, angular, bright acidity, and bursting with tart black fruit. Just terrific and given the quality it surprises me it flies so far under the radar. Most of my wine friends didn't know much about it - assuming it must be from Gaja's Tuscan holdings. I'd absolutely buy more, if it weren't for the price point.

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  4/6/2017 - Papies wrote:

  Tasted blind side by side with the Spottswoode 1991 and we really think they were mixed by accident by the restaurant. So we post both notes here( much like the Spottswoode) . We discussed this a lot with the tasting group but as the wine bottles were empty we could not verify.
  
  Wine 1 and wine of the evening. We guessed Napa early 90s from a classic wine maker ( was very similar to the correctly guessed Dominus 90). Well evolved wine with an earthy feel, cedar, light tobacco , well evolved but carried still a good density of fruitwith lots of depth and complexity. An amazing wine and an easy 97. Revealed to be the Gaja Darmagi 97 and if indeed it was then hats off to Mr Gaja as we never really like his overdone style. If this was indeed a mistake and this was the Spottswoode then as expected. 97
  
  Wine 2 . Guessed modern winemaker with a lot of emphasis on ripeness. Guess modernist Napa or bolgheri late 90s.
  Rich and full, quite intense of the ripeness, still a good residue of oak but well assimilated in many ways. Good wine but not a great one and with a feel that it's either badly kept or well over the hill. 91-92
  Was revealed to be the Spottswoode 1991 but we still have our doubts.

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  1/11/2017 - Yagil wrote: 95 Points

  dark opaque red-purple
  excellent Bordeaux nose of dark ripe fruits, leather, tobacco, sous-bois & truffles
  full bodied, excellent firm tannins, excellent balance & outstanding harmony, superb structure, excellent complexity, light liquorice flavours, rich dark fruits flavours, perfect barrel oak balance, seducing BX finsih and aftertaste!

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  9/29/2016 - astroman wrote:

  Mid Life Crisis Dinner: Decanted for about an hour. Slightly green notes on the nose and palate. Finish shows ripeness. Not the best showing of Gaja i have had but still very good.

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