1961 Gaja Barbaresco

Community Tasting Notes (37) Avg Score: 92.5 points

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  3/3/2024 - aquacongas wrote: 99 Points

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  One guessed right the region, many of us were in Bordeaux or Burgundy. Nice extract sweetness, roses, tar and tobacco. At his peak, one of the Top 4 WOTN. 99

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  2/23/2024 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:

  Just opened right before serving so still opening up. More dried fruits. Red fruits. A bit of spice. Needs more time in the glass. Lovely.

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  6/23/2023 - Frijole wrote:

  light brickish maroon brown, slight cloudy, brickish hue
  Nose: cranberry, plum, sweet tobacco, leather, black pepper, musk, clove, bay leaf, vanilla, balsamic, caramel, porcini, touch barnyard, oak
  Pal: cranberry, plum, orange rind, sweet tobacco, leather, cigar, musk, dust, clove, bay leaf, vanilla, balsamic, caramel, porcini, black pepper, touch barnyard, minerals, oak
  Feel: medium, savory, touch acidity, touch cloying
  Finish: medium, long
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  4/3/2023 - G SQUARED Likes this wine: 99 Points

  Even better than the previous bottle, this wine stopped the table in it's tracks and that included Jancis Robinson, David Ramey, Cathy Corison and Rosemary Cakebread. Magnificent color, still fine tannins, great length, loads of fresh fruit and a stateliness rarely found in wines these days.

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  2/25/2023 - AudunG wrote: 94 Points

  Light and transparent brick color. In the beginning, some off aromas of dill and gherkin. This disappeared after a while in the glass, and the aromas became clean and fruity with sweet red berries. Very precise, intense and concentrated on the palate. This bottle was a lot better than one tasted seven years ago, and more in line with a 1958, tasted six years ago.

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