Great wine, beautiful nose cassis, blueberries, graphite, blackberries and spices on the palate. The 1998 was the most ready the 2001 had the most potential the 1999 was good and more ready than the 2001. The consistency was clearly there across. This was as good if not better than the costa russi 99 and 04 across the board. Perhaps costa russi needs more time?
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No notes taken. Highly intense nose full of tar and roses, menthol and herbs. Dark fruit. Well defined. On the palate so round and smooth, full of fine red berries, tar, roses, herbs, crushed rocks. Complex, precise, elegant, airy with lots of intensity and very harmonious. A quintessential Barbaresco with all the telltale aromas and the fine structure and necessary textural depth.
Decanting: At first, I thought this might be over the hill but all that musty and soy aromas blew off with a bit of air. The wine got actually fresher, so some decanting is advised.
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Drank at Savona in Hudson. No decant, tho could've used it. Color showing some age, bricking in the glass. Cork was a bit wet, but no worries. Nose of roses and tar. Medium body, still plenty of red cherry fruit, somewhat earthy and a lot of tar and spice. Notes of cedar too. Tannins still there but softening. Excellent complexity, ultra-long finish. Powerful wine, but still elegant. Really delicious and holding up nicely. Went great with our Italian food.
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With Sundried Tomato/Mild Sausage Pizza Crimson and starting to slightly brick. Licorice, muted mint and scorched earth,bell pepper. A little hot on the nose at open. Good acidity. 30 minutes in BBC and red fruits starts to come out from hiding. Some nuts as well and alcohol blowing off. Spices and muted dark chocolate, tar coming through.
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(GAJA Barbaresco) 2001 Gaja Dear Friends, This is a wine that keeps getting better and after my initial suspicion that it was the best Gaja wine in 2001 (better than the cru level wines), that fact was reconfirmed to me today with an absolutely brilliant showing of the 2001 Barbaresco, arguably Gaja’s most traditional effort. As most of you know, I am a big fan of the 2001 vintage around Alba and this wine is a perfect reason why. It has the esoteric qualities that I look for in Nebbiolo but it also has the stuffing and equilibrium to age - all on a medium weight frame that is near-perfect. This isn’t the biggest or baddest cuvee in Barbaresco but it may be the most reflective in 2001. We were able to procure a perfect parcel of splits directly from the source (at a terrific price). They did not make many of these and we can only get one parcel. The regular Barbaresco finally gets its due in 2001 as one of the more impressive wines of the vintage. VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED ONE SHIPMENT ONLY with pristine provenance 2001 Gaja Barbaresco 375ml Thank you, Jon Rimmerman Garagiste Seattle, WA Italy9874
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10/17/2023 - LB88 wrote: 93 Points
Great wine, beautiful nose cassis, blueberries, graphite, blackberries and spices on the palate. The 1998 was the most ready the 2001 had the most potential the 1999 was good and more ready than the 2001. The consistency was clearly there across. This was as good if not better than the costa russi 99 and 04 across the board. Perhaps costa russi needs more time?
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7/3/2023 - Cailles wrote: 95 Points
No notes taken. Highly intense nose full of tar and roses, menthol and herbs. Dark fruit. Well defined. On the palate so round and smooth, full of fine red berries, tar, roses, herbs, crushed rocks. Complex, precise, elegant, airy with lots of intensity and very harmonious. A quintessential Barbaresco with all the telltale aromas and the fine structure and necessary textural depth.
Decanting: At first, I thought this might be over the hill but all that musty and soy aromas blew off with a bit of air. The wine got actually fresher, so some decanting is advised.
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12/25/2022 - ofrasca wrote: 85 Points
Should have had it earlier....seems over
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11/13/2022 - cephomer Likes this wine: 93 Points
Drank at Savona in Hudson. No decant, tho could've used it. Color showing some age, bricking in the glass. Cork was a bit wet, but no worries. Nose of roses and tar. Medium body, still plenty of red cherry fruit, somewhat earthy and a lot of tar and spice. Notes of cedar too. Tannins still there but softening. Excellent complexity, ultra-long finish. Powerful wine, but still elegant. Really delicious and holding up nicely. Went great with our Italian food.
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10/9/2022 - JoeDwine Likes this wine: 93 Points
With Sundried Tomato/Mild Sausage Pizza
Crimson and starting to slightly brick.
Licorice, muted mint and scorched earth,bell pepper.
A little hot on the nose at open. Good acidity.
30 minutes in BBC and red fruits starts to come out from hiding. Some nuts as well and alcohol blowing off.
Spices and muted dark chocolate, tar coming through.
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