1998 Gaja Barbaresco

Community Tasting Notes (70) Avg Score: 92.3 points

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  8/24/2022 - TheFoodieTraveler Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Arguable the best of the Gaja lineup . Perfectly in balance with the right amount of age

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  7/2/2022 - paul195 wrote: 94 Points

  6 of 12 so brought this to a Paella Dinner added it to a flight of old Riojas 1952, 1970, 1975, 1981
  
  Similar to prior bottles, this benefits from a few hours in the decanter. In early maturity, red fruited nose, laced with spice and cedar notes. Lovely silky texture, especially in contrast to the rougher older Riojas in the flight, others noted how polished this wine was. Drinking very well

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  3/2/2022 - Nmilau Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Just coming into prime now. Let it breathe for an hour and it settles down perfectly.
  
  Incredible nose that is very complex.
  
  Brooding flavour profile, tannins have softened allowing the Tar, tobacco, leather, flavours to show with a waft rose petals and bright acidity and freshen up the finish.

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  12/24/2021 - paul195 wrote: 92 Points

  5 of 12 Two hours in a decanter. As with noted with prior bottles this a darker, more savory Barbaresco, it has good fruit, lots of smoke and meaty notes. Balanced with fine tannins and a persistent finish. Went extremely well with roasted wild mushroom crostini. Will be having the 2000 on NYE

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  8/15/2021 - Dibbs wrote: 91 Points

  A very good wine if I am looking at the definition of good wine in a book. It has a lot the factors like finesse, length, and complexity of good wine but no joy or soul.
  
  This didn't invigorate me as the typicity of Nebbiolo is lost on this wine. It came across to mee too modern in its making. For everything I love in Nebbiolo, I feel the Gaja treatment didn't bring those elements out to the foray.

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