Gaja Barbaresco Sori San Lorenzo 2016

$625.00 Sale Save
Gaja Barbaresco Sori San Lorenzo 2016

Gaja Barbaresco Sori San Lorenzo 2016

$625.00 Sale Save
Varietal - Nebbiolo
Country - Italy
Region - Piedmont
Vintage - 2016
Size - 750 ml

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Wine Advocate

If the Barbaresco Costa Russi expresses itself with purity and grace, the 2016 Barbaresco Sorì San Lorenzo struts out stacked and tall. It has firmer textural support and is not as timid or as withholding as the Costa Russi. The Sorì San Lorenzo site is located closest to the warm air currents that travel down the Tanaro River valley, and this vineyard site is always the first to ripen and be harvested. You get a stronger mineral note here with iron rust, pencil shaving and potting soil intertwined with the primary fruit, showing dazzlingly intricate complexity and depth. This vineyard site suffered in the 2017 vintage from some hail damage that hit on July 19. The quality of fruit is expected to be good, Gaia Gaja tells me, but yields will be reduced next year. -Monica Larner, Wine Advocate