Decanted for 2 hours before service - manageable, but 5-6 hours would have been better. In the glass, pinkish-auburn at the rim, shading quickly to deep, dark maroon at the center. On the nose, a reticent mix of cherry, damp green wood, and flowers. On the palate, initially round, full bodied, and smooth, opening into a satisfying, complex mix of fruit, minerality, and herbal notes, followed in relatively short order by grippy tannins. The raw materials seem to be here, but it's going to take some time.
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(Blind tasting) Full and rich nose. Asphalt, cedar and oak. Very modern. Very polished. Elegant and flowery after time in glass. Medium-fullish body. Very elegant, very balanced and polished. So fine-grained and elegant tannins. Pure and a bit Bdx-like. Tar and roses and cedary oak. Luxury Barolo in the modern idiom, but at the same time so origin typical.
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Fathers' Gathering (RPM Italian, Washington D.C.): Expressive nose displaying concentrated black fruit with a hint of red, blackberry, dry cherry, ink, sap, tar, balsamico, vanilla/oak, dark spices and iron. Excellent concentration, layers upon layers of concentrated black fruit, rich and opulent, bright acidity, strong iron mineral, still very noticeable tannins and a long concentrated black fruit driven finish with iron and tar at the end. This definitely expressive a very modern style, textbook Gaja. It needs another decade to reach the peak.
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1/13/2024 - jshufelt wrote: 92 Points
Decanted for 2 hours before service - manageable, but 5-6 hours would have been better. In the glass, pinkish-auburn at the rim, shading quickly to deep, dark maroon at the center. On the nose, a reticent mix of cherry, damp green wood, and flowers. On the palate, initially round, full bodied, and smooth, opening into a satisfying, complex mix of fruit, minerality, and herbal notes, followed in relatively short order by grippy tannins. The raw materials seem to be here, but it's going to take some time.
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4/16/2023 - Argrath wrote: 95 Points
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Full and rich nose. Asphalt, cedar and oak. Very modern. Very polished. Elegant and flowery after time in glass.
Medium-fullish body. Very elegant, very balanced and polished. So fine-grained and elegant tannins. Pure and a bit Bdx-like. Tar and roses and cedary oak. Luxury Barolo in the modern idiom, but at the same time so origin typical.
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4/2/2023 - MWiking wrote: 95 Points
Still young
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9/29/2022 - CamWheeler wrote: flawed
Bill & Crew - Offline #3 - One Penny Red: Corked.
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7/14/2022 - dcwino wrote: 95 Points
Fathers' Gathering (RPM Italian, Washington D.C.): Expressive nose displaying concentrated black fruit with a hint of red, blackberry, dry cherry, ink, sap, tar, balsamico, vanilla/oak, dark spices and iron. Excellent concentration, layers upon layers of concentrated black fruit, rich and opulent, bright acidity, strong iron mineral, still very noticeable tannins and a long concentrated black fruit driven finish with iron and tar at the end. This definitely expressive a very modern style, textbook Gaja. It needs another decade to reach the peak.
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