From mag. Decanted 6+ hours. Very pleasing texturally. The air time gave this a softness. Lots of nuance and with dark fruits, leather, saddle, red berries and hints of tobacco. Overall this was in a great spot just slightly overshadowed by the 90 Sperss in the next glass also from mag format.
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Decanter Gaja Masterclass - 30 Years of Legendary wine making presented by Gaia Gaja (Decanter FWE, The Landmark hotel, London): Shows quite a bit of color and definitely darker than the 2016s. Sweet nose, felts old and on the balance of been too far. Sweet spices and a difficult wine to enjoy. If this was not served at a Gaja mastercalss we would argue maybe a gone bottle. This wine much like a lot of the 1990s Gajas we have crossed paths suffers from being pushed in its youth , the modern side Langhe pays the price now for an exuberant youth. Gladly the wines of now are more pure and full of elegance. 88-89
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Wet forest floor and dark ripe red fruits. Very round and perfectly balanced. Beautiful structure and a long finish. An amazing Costa Russi! (Tasted at Decanter Fine Wine Encounter 2019 Masterclass.)
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1/31/2020 - kenv Likes this wine: 95 Points
Gala Dinner at La Festa del Barolo 2020 (The Pool Restaurant, NYC): Big, ripe red fruit nose. Thick and rich in the mouth. Still tannic, but lots of red fruit and vanilla. Needs more time.
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12/27/2019 - Kemo Sabe Likes this wine: 93 Points
From mag. Decanted 6+ hours. Very pleasing texturally. The air time gave this a softness. Lots of nuance and with dark fruits, leather, saddle, red berries and hints of tobacco. Overall this was in a great spot just slightly overshadowed by the 90 Sperss in the next glass also from mag format.
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11/2/2019 - Papies wrote: 89 Points
Decanter Gaja Masterclass - 30 Years of Legendary wine making presented by Gaia Gaja (Decanter FWE, The Landmark hotel, London): Shows quite a bit of color and definitely darker than the 2016s. Sweet nose, felts old and on the balance of been too far. Sweet spices and a difficult wine to enjoy. If this was not served at a Gaja mastercalss we would argue maybe a gone bottle. This wine much like a lot of the 1990s Gajas we have crossed paths suffers from being pushed in its youth , the modern side Langhe pays the price now for an exuberant youth. Gladly the wines of now are more pure and full of elegance. 88-89
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11/2/2019 - DrZett wrote: 95 Points
Wet forest floor and dark ripe red fruits. Very round and perfectly balanced. Beautiful structure and a long finish. An amazing Costa Russi! (Tasted at Decanter Fine Wine Encounter 2019 Masterclass.)
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10/30/2019 - sunnylea57 wrote: flawed
Corked. 😭
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