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Community Tasting Notes 38
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wine_enjoyer Likes this wine: 96 points
November 11, 2023 - Amazing wine! I don’t agree with the previous comments that this bottle is either mature or needs to be consumed soon. To me there is still plenty of time left for it to stay in a cellar and enjoy over the next decade. However, it is most definitely ready to be drank now.
The complexity is absolutely brilliant. It’s structured and bold. The hotter vintage shows in a representation of darker fruits. It is just starting to be tertiary aroma dominant, so that’s why I don’t think either mature or past the prime.
Colour: medium+ intensity garnet.
Acidity: medium high.
Tannins: medium high.
Texture: high (velvety).
Finish: long.
Aromas: dark cherry, black berry, hints of balsamic (classic ageing Italian note), rose peddles, sage, and nutmeg. -
Richard P Howden Likes this wine: 91 points
May 20, 2023 - Beautiful floral nose but palate showing a bit of ripeness on this bottle. Still deep, well fruited and nicely complex spicey finish.
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hargy Likes this wine: 91 points
April 2, 2023 - this is mature and starting to struggle to find its fruit but still quite delicious - I would be inclined to drink any remaining bottles soon
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Argrath wrote: 89 points
October 29, 2022 - (Blind tasting)
Full, mature nose. Dried fruit, nuts and prune. Good depth with hints of perfume. (No typicity on the nose.)
Fullish, mature palate. Still tannic. Dark fruit and a bit fiery. Very strucured but also a bit rustic and four-square. Dry and pruney finish.
Not much Nebbiolo typicity left. Taste like mature, italian wine from any place where the tannins overwhelm the fruit and body.
Would not hold on to this one. -
acyso wrote: 90 points
September 6, 2022 - Flickinger dinner (Chicago, IL): I liked but didn't love this. To my palate, this was a little heady and weighty for a nebbiolo, and the slightly roasted flavours alongside didn't do it any favours either. Fortunately, that's the only extent of the vintage here; the wine is otherwise quite classic and typical. The fruit is certainly ripe and showing what seems like early maturity, even if there's no rush to open bottles of this anytime soon.
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By Stephen Tanzer
November/December 2007, IWC Issue #135 (link)(Angelo Gaja Barbaresco) Subscribe to see review text.
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Italy’s 2001 Barolo and 2001 and 2003 Barbaresco vintages (Oct 2006) (link)(Gaja Barbaresco) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Gary Vaynerchuk
Classic and Important Names in Wine., Episode #199, 3/13/2007 (link) 93 points(GAJA BARBARESCO) #2; COLOR-very nice; NOSE-classic sour cherry, like a Spanish sherry, a little oregano, a little tight;; TASTE-sour cherry, excellent mouthfeel, a little lighter, very polished & structured, dark chocolate on the finish, extracted cherry jam on the mid-palate, little Asian Spice, black & white pepper, an exceptional bottle of wine; AG-93; GV-93
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2003
- Type Red
- Producer Gaja
- Varietal Nebbiolo
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country Italy
- Region Piedmont
- SubRegion Langhe
- Appellation Barbaresco
- UPC Code 8032636146984
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 21 (3%)
- In Cellars 502 (65%)
- Consumed 254 (33%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
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- FamilyGaja Barbaresco
- ProducerGaja
- VarietyNebbiolo
- CountryItaly
- RegionPiedmont
- SubRegionLanghe
- AppellationBarbaresco
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- ProducerGaja
- VarietalNebbiolo
- CountryItaly
- RegionPiedmont
- SubRegionLanghe
- AppellationBarbaresco