1989 Gaja Barbaresco Costa Russi

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 93.2 points

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  10/24/2018 - derekastoria Likes this wine:

  Medium ruby with slight brick signs. Wonderful nose that smoothly run out when poured and in glass. Gentle palate with tannin quite well blended into the wines. Need more time in breathing to show. Lovely Barbaresco indeed. Not as impressive as last bottle - I should have allowed more time in preparation. 16.5/20

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  11/8/2016 - derekastoria Likes this wine:

  Opened and double decanted 2 hours before drinking. Lovely, very attractive red fruits aroma even when I decanted it. Some secondary development but not too much. Tannin quite smooth on the palate, ready to drink. Long aftertaste and keeps lingering in the mouth. The sweet influence from the oak was there at first but soon dispersed.
  
  One of the best Nebbiolo I have tasted from the 80s so far... Wine did not improve further after opening, think no harm to drink from now. 17.5/20

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  8/21/2014 - peternelson wrote: 92 Points

  Blind w/Geoff Labizke: Med. pale garnet with orange rim, bricking, faded; stewed fruits and dry plum-cherry, cranberry; orange rind, leather, light VA, light brett, band aid present with forest floor, shrooms, coffee; some impressions of vanilla oak barely noticable; not much sediment on old Barolos/Barbarescos b/c it often drops out early before bottling. Moderate plus acid, body, alc., nicely balanced, but still with high, fine chalky tannins. Very nice older Barbaresco clearly with significant age on it. Doing well, but I would have liked it 5 years ago. Guessed older Barolo.

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  7/16/2008 - cortoncharlie wrote: 89 Points

  Needed a good 1.5-2 hour of air before opening up. Good underlying characteristic of rose flowers, tea and leather. Very long. Still somewhat tight but a wine of good breeding that could probably improve with more bottle age.

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